Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... tion turns out wrong , either his evidence must have been false or incomplete , or his judgment upon it unsound . Such a one will sum up the experience of years spent in complex relations with society , by declaring his persuasion that ...
... tion turns out wrong , either his evidence must have been false or incomplete , or his judgment upon it unsound . Such a one will sum up the experience of years spent in complex relations with society , by declaring his persuasion that ...
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... tion of these things , and their transmission from region to region , have to be studied as the naturalist studies the geography of his botanical and zoological species . Just as certain plants and animals are peculiar to certain ...
... tion of these things , and their transmission from region to region , have to be studied as the naturalist studies the geography of his botanical and zoological species . Just as certain plants and animals are peculiar to certain ...
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... tion of savage to civilized life , almost every one of the thousands of facts discussed in the succeeding chapters has its direct bearing . Survival in Culture , placing all along the course of advancing civilization way - marks full of ...
... tion of savage to civilized life , almost every one of the thousands of facts discussed in the succeeding chapters has its direct bearing . Survival in Culture , placing all along the course of advancing civilization way - marks full of ...
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... tion and development ; and these principles prove to be essentially rational , though working in a mental condition of intense and inveterate ignorance . It is with a sense of attempting an investigation which bears very closely on the ...
... tion and development ; and these principles prove to be essentially rational , though working in a mental condition of intense and inveterate ignorance . It is with a sense of attempting an investigation which bears very closely on the ...
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... tion ; without the powers of one , or the union of many . Each village , each family , each individual , must always possess both ability and inclination to perpetuate the use of fire and of metals ; the propagation and service of ...
... tion ; without the powers of one , or the union of many . Each village , each family , each individual , must always possess both ability and inclination to perpetuate the use of fire and of metals ; the propagation and service of ...
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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