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It is mostly ancestral or kindred souls that are thought to enter into children , and
this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly
philosophical theory , accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance ...
It is mostly ancestral or kindred souls that are thought to enter into children , and
this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly
philosophical theory , accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance ...
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renewal of old family names by giving them to new - born children may always be
suspected of involving some such thought . The following is a curious pair of
instances from the two halves of the globe . The New Zealand priest would repeat
...
renewal of old family names by giving them to new - born children may always be
suspected of involving some such thought . The following is a curious pair of
instances from the two halves of the globe . The New Zealand priest would repeat
...
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A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
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The Zulus , while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in
the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change
of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
The Zulus , while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in
the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change
of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
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There are some well - marked savage ideas which will fit with such a course of
thought . The half - human features and actions and characters of animals are
watched with wondering sympathy by the savage , as by the child . The beast is
the ...
There are some well - marked savage ideas which will fit with such a course of
thought . The half - human features and actions and characters of animals are
watched with wondering sympathy by the savage , as by the child . The beast is
the ...
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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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