Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... doctrine of survival in culture , the bearing of directly- expressive language and the invention of numerals on the problem of early civilization , the place of myth in the primitive history of the human mind , the develop- ment of the ...
... doctrine of survival in culture , the bearing of directly- expressive language and the invention of numerals on the problem of early civilization , the place of myth in the primitive history of the human mind , the develop- ment of the ...
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... doctrine of general Animation of Nature - Personification of Sun , Moon , and Stars ; Water - spout , Sand - pillar , Rainbow , Water - fall , Pestilence - Analogy worked into Myth and Metaphor - Myths of Rain , Thunder , etc. - Effect ...
... doctrine of general Animation of Nature - Personification of Sun , Moon , and Stars ; Water - spout , Sand - pillar , Rainbow , Water - fall , Pestilence - Analogy worked into Myth and Metaphor - Myths of Rain , Thunder , etc. - Effect ...
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... doctrine of Miracles on Mythology - Magnetic Mountain - Myths of relation of Apes to Men by development or ... Doctrine of Spiritual Beings , here termed Animism— Animism treated as belonging to Natural Religion - Animism divided into ...
... doctrine of Miracles on Mythology - Magnetic Mountain - Myths of relation of Apes to Men by development or ... Doctrine of Spiritual Beings , here termed Animism— Animism treated as belonging to Natural Religion - Animism divided into ...
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... doctrine of pervading order in the universal Kosmos . They affirm , with Aristotle , that nature is not full of incoherent episodes , like a bad tragedy . They agree with Leibnitz in what he calls " my axiom , that nature never acts by ...
... doctrine of pervading order in the universal Kosmos . They affirm , with Aristotle , that nature is not full of incoherent episodes , like a bad tragedy . They agree with Leibnitz in what he calls " my axiom , that nature never acts by ...
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... doctrine be wholly or but partly true , it accepts the very condition under which we search for new knowledge in the lessons of experience , and in a word the whole course of our rational life is based upon it . " One event is always ...
... doctrine be wholly or but partly true , it accepts the very condition under which we search for new knowledge in the lessons of experience , and in a word the whole course of our rational life is based upon it . " One event is always ...
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Abipones Africa Algic America ancient animals Aryan Asien Aztec barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body called century Chinook Jargon civilization connexion counting creatures culture dead death described doctrine early earth eclipse English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional Islands J. G. Müller Journ Karens Khonds land language legend lower races man's Manabozho mankind Maori Maui Max Müller meaning Mensch metaphor mind modern monster mother myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numbers numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy Plin Polynesia primitive quinary reckoning relation religion remarkable rude saltee Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems shape soul sound South America spirit stone story survival tell theory things thought tion Tonga traced tradition Vasilissa the Beautiful vigesimal words Yoruba Zealand Zulu