Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... holds in his calculation of happiness , hear his tale of the ghost in the nearest haunted house , and of the farmer's niece who was bewitched with knots in her inside till she fell into fits and died . If we choose out in this way ...
... holds in his calculation of happiness , hear his tale of the ghost in the nearest haunted house , and of the farmer's niece who was bewitched with knots in her inside till she fell into fits and died . If we choose out in this way ...
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... hold an opinion , or practise a custom , is by no means necessarily a reason why they ought to do so . Now collec- tions of ethnographic evidence , bringing so prominently into view the agreement of immense multitudes of men as to ...
... hold an opinion , or practise a custom , is by no means necessarily a reason why they ought to do so . Now collec- tions of ethnographic evidence , bringing so prominently into view the agreement of immense multitudes of men as to ...
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... holds its place among the vulgar as a real cause of events otherwise unaccountable , while to educated men it has long con- sciously meant nothing but this ignorance itself . It is only when men fail to see the line of connexion in ...
... holds its place among the vulgar as a real cause of events otherwise unaccountable , while to educated men it has long con- sciously meant nothing but this ignorance itself . It is only when men fail to see the line of connexion in ...
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... hold on past events , and treating it as an isolated fact , to be simply disposed of by a guess at some plausible explanation . In carrying on the great task of rational ethnography , the investigation of the causes which have produced ...
... hold on past events , and treating it as an isolated fact , to be simply disposed of by a guess at some plausible explanation . In carrying on the great task of rational ethnography , the investigation of the causes which have produced ...
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... hold most strongly that the general course of civilization , as measured along the scale of races from savages to ourselves , is progress towards the benefit of mankind , must admit many and manifold ex- ceptions . Industrial and ...
... hold most strongly that the general course of civilization , as measured along the scale of races from savages to ourselves , is progress towards the benefit of mankind , must admit many and manifold ex- ceptions . Industrial and ...
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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