Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... passed by an obvious modification into the percussion - lock , which is just now changing its old - fashioned arrangement to be adapted from muzzle - loading to breech - loading . The medieval astrolabe passed into the quadrant , now ...
... passed by an obvious modification into the percussion - lock , which is just now changing its old - fashioned arrangement to be adapted from muzzle - loading to breech - loading . The medieval astrolabe passed into the quadrant , now ...
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... passed into another , illustrate with much force and clearness the nature of the change and growth , revival and decay , which go on from year to year in more important matters of life . In books , again , we see each writer not for and ...
... passed into another , illustrate with much force and clearness the nature of the change and growth , revival and decay , which go on from year to year in more important matters of life . In books , again , we see each writer not for and ...
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... passed by advancing neighbours , that some- times even societies of men should recede into rudeness and misery — all these are phenomena with which modern history is familiar . In judging of the relation of the lower to the higher ...
... passed by advancing neighbours , that some- times even societies of men should recede into rudeness and misery — all these are phenomena with which modern history is familiar . In judging of the relation of the lower to the higher ...
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... passed against the inveterate habits of fastening ploughs to the horses ' tails , and of burning oats from the straw to save the trouble of threshing . In the 18th century Ireland could still be thus described in satire : - " The ...
... passed against the inveterate habits of fastening ploughs to the horses ' tails , and of burning oats from the straw to save the trouble of threshing . In the 18th century Ireland could still be thus described in satire : - " The ...
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... passing as they do into mere ciphering - book sums with years for units , nevertheless admits that existing monuments carry back the traces of comparatively high civilization to a distance of above five thousand years . By piecing ...
... passing as they do into mere ciphering - book sums with years for units , nevertheless admits that existing monuments carry back the traces of comparatively high civilization to a distance of above five thousand years . By piecing ...
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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