Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... suffer still from the same kind of \ difficulties which beset the wider argument , but they are much diminished . The evidence is no longer so wildly heterogeneous , but may be more simply classified and com- THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE . 5 10.
... suffer still from the same kind of \ difficulties which beset the wider argument , but they are much diminished . The evidence is no longer so wildly heterogeneous , but may be more simply classified and com- THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE . 5 10.
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... kind , that there is no need to dwell upon its details here , but it may be used at once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and ...
... kind , that there is no need to dwell upon its details here , but it may be used at once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and ...
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... kind of development which affects civilization at large . In the history of fire - arms , the clumsy wheel - lock , in which a notched steel wheel was turned by a handle against the flint till a spark caught the priming , led to the ...
... kind of development which affects civilization at large . In the history of fire - arms , the clumsy wheel - lock , in which a notched steel wheel was turned by a handle against the flint till a spark caught the priming , led to the ...
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... kind in the savage state , and the result of the enquiry is that , consistently with all known evidence , this may have been the case . From the examination of the Art of Count- ing a far more definite consequence is shown . It may be ...
... kind in the savage state , and the result of the enquiry is that , consistently with all known evidence , this may have been the case . From the examination of the Art of Count- ing a far more definite consequence is shown . It may be ...
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... kind of evidence need be left untouched on the score of remoteness or complexity , of minuteness or triviality . The tendency of modern enquiry is more and more toward the conclusion that if law is anywhere , it is everywhere . To ...
... kind of evidence need be left untouched on the score of remoteness or complexity , of minuteness or triviality . The tendency of modern enquiry is more and more toward the conclusion that if law is anywhere , it is everywhere . To ...
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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