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But the souls of unmarried Fijians will not even survive to stand this wager of battle ; such try in vain to steal at low water round to the edge of the reef past the rocks where Nangananga , destroyer of wifeless souls , sits langhing ...
But the souls of unmarried Fijians will not even survive to stand this wager of battle ; such try in vain to steal at low water round to the edge of the reef past the rocks where Nangananga , destroyer of wifeless souls , sits langhing ...
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... break an opening through the house wall to carry the coffin through , and then hurry it at full speed thrice round the house ; 7 the Siberian Chuwashes fling a red - hot stone Bastian , ' Mensch , ' rol . ii . p . 323 .
... break an opening through the house wall to carry the coffin through , and then hurry it at full speed thrice round the house ; 7 the Siberian Chuwashes fling a red - hot stone Bastian , ' Mensch , ' rol . ii . p . 323 .
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The Kheriahs have collections of these monuments in the little enclosures round their houses , and offerings and libations are constantly made at them . With what feelings such rites are celebrated may be judged from this IIo dirge ...
The Kheriahs have collections of these monuments in the little enclosures round their houses , and offerings and libations are constantly made at them . With what feelings such rites are celebrated may be judged from this IIo dirge ...
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The Western Church at large took up the practice , and round it , on the second of November , there naturally gathered surviving remnants of the primitive rite of banquets to the dead . The accusation against the early Christians ...
The Western Church at large took up the practice , and round it , on the second of November , there naturally gathered surviving remnants of the primitive rite of banquets to the dead . The accusation against the early Christians ...
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Looking round , she espied in the distance an enormous bird , taller than a man , coming towards her with rapid strides . This terrible object so frightened her , that her first thought was to try to return up the steep cliff ...
Looking round , she espied in the distance an enormous bird , taller than a man , coming towards her with rapid strides . This terrible object so frightened her , that her first thought was to try to return up the steep cliff ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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