Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... Europe followed by revival ; its practices and counter - practices belong to earlier culture - Spiritualism has its source in early stages of culture , in close connexion with witchcraft - Spirit - rapping and Spirit- writing - Rising ...
... Europe followed by revival ; its practices and counter - practices belong to earlier culture - Spiritualism has its source in early stages of culture , in close connexion with witchcraft - Spirit - rapping and Spirit- writing - Rising ...
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... European may find among the Greenlanders or Maoris many a trait for reconstructing the picture of his own primitive ancestors . Next comes the problem of the Origin of Language . Obscure as many parts of this problem still remain , its ...
... European may find among the Greenlanders or Maoris many a trait for reconstructing the picture of his own primitive ancestors . Next comes the problem of the Origin of Language . Obscure as many parts of this problem still remain , its ...
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... Europe and America practically settles a standard by simply placing its own nations at one end of the social series and savage tribes at the other , arranging the rest of mankind between these limits according as they correspond more ...
... Europe and America practically settles a standard by simply placing its own nations at one end of the social series and savage tribes at the other , arranging the rest of mankind between these limits according as they correspond more ...
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... European colonies . The relation of the sexes among many savage tribes is more healthy than among the richer classes of the Mahommedan world . As a supreme authority of govern- ment , the savage councils of chiefs and elders compare ...
... European colonies . The relation of the sexes among many savage tribes is more healthy than among the richer classes of the Mahommedan world . As a supreme authority of govern- ment , the savage councils of chiefs and elders compare ...
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... European district . Such tribes may count as the " blameless Ethiopians " of the modern world , and from them an important lesson may be learnt . Ethno- graphers who seek in modern savages types of the remotely ancient human race at ...
... European district . Such tribes may count as the " blameless Ethiopians " of the modern world , and from them an important lesson may be learnt . Ethno- graphers who seek in modern savages types of the remotely ancient human race at ...
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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 hyĉna 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