Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 31
... rude Asiatic tribes , the Bodo of North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly ...
... rude Asiatic tribes , the Bodo of North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly ...
Page 33
... rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its repre- sentative . He keeps his coffined parent for years , serving him with meals as if alive . He summons ancestral souls with ...
... rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its repre- sentative . He keeps his coffined parent for years , serving him with meals as if alive . He summons ancestral souls with ...
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... rude African tribes , it is enough to cite the Zulus , who at death will descend to live in Hades among their ancestors , the " Abapansi , " the " people underground . " 5 From among rude Asiatic tribes , let us take example from the ...
... rude African tribes , it is enough to cite the Zulus , who at death will descend to live in Hades among their ancestors , the " Abapansi , " the " people underground . " 5 From among rude Asiatic tribes , let us take example from the ...
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... rude Natchez of the Mississippi and the Apalaches of Florida that the sun is the bright dwelling of departed chiefs and braves , and have traced like thoughts on into the theologies of Mexico and Peru , then we may compare these savage ...
... rude Natchez of the Mississippi and the Apalaches of Florida that the sun is the bright dwelling of departed chiefs and braves , and have traced like thoughts on into the theologies of Mexico and Peru , then we may compare these savage ...
Page 74
... rude cosmology of the lower races in no small measure retains its place . Turning now to consider the state of the departed in these their new homes , we have to examine the definitions of the Future Life which prevail through the ...
... rude cosmology of the lower races in no small measure retains its place . Turning now to consider the state of the departed in these their new homes , we have to examine the definitions of the Future Life which prevail through the ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu