Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... once in England and America . The matter , however , remains substantially the same . A few passages have been amplified or altered for greater clearness , and on some points additional or improved evidence has been put in . Among the ...
... once in England and America . The matter , however , remains substantially the same . A few passages have been amplified or altered for greater clearness , and on some points additional or improved evidence has been put in . Among the ...
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... once so multifarious and so doubtful , that a full and distinct view of its bearing on a particular question is hardly to be attained , and thus the temptation becomes all but irre- sistible to garble it in support of some rough and ...
... once so multifarious and so doubtful , that a full and distinct view of its bearing on a particular question is hardly to be attained , and thus the temptation becomes all but irre- sistible to garble it in support of some rough and ...
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... once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and desirable to eliminate considerations of hereditary varieti or races of man , and to ...
... once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and desirable to eliminate considerations of hereditary varieti or races of man , and to ...
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... causes have produced both at once . In district after district , the same causes which have introduced the cultivated plants and domesti- cated animals of civilization , have brought in with them 8 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... causes have produced both at once . In district after district , the same causes which have introduced the cultivated plants and domesti- cated animals of civilization , have brought in with them 8 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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... average . It is this state of things which makes it so far possible to represent immense masses of details by a few typical facts , while , these once settled , new cases recorded by new observers simply 10 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... average . It is this state of things which makes it so far possible to represent immense masses of details by a few typical facts , while , these once settled , new cases recorded by new observers simply 10 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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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