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... gives the key to many of their speculations on the nature of this existence , speculations rational enough from the savage point of view , though apt to seem far - fetched absur- VOL . II . B dities to moderns in their much changed ...
... gives the key to many of their speculations on the nature of this existence , speculations rational enough from the savage point of view , though apt to seem far - fetched absur- VOL . II . B dities to moderns in their much changed ...
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... give his likeness to the child ; 5 and in Vancouver's Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a mark like the scar of a gun- shot wound on his hip , it being believed that a chief dead some four generations ...
... give his likeness to the child ; 5 and in Vancouver's Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a mark like the scar of a gun- shot wound on his hip , it being believed that a chief dead some four generations ...
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... give the body its funeral rites , that the shade should not flit moaning near the gates of Hades , nor wander in the dismal crowd along the banks of Acheron.7 An Australian or a Karen would have taken in the full significance of the ...
... give the body its funeral rites , that the shade should not flit moaning near the gates of Hades , nor wander in the dismal crowd along the banks of Acheron.7 An Australian or a Karen would have taken in the full significance of the ...
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... give here elaborate details of the world - wide thought that when the corpse is buried , exposed , burned , or ... gives of the belief in disembodied souls present among the living , and from the distinct line of ethnographic continuity ...
... give here elaborate details of the world - wide thought that when the corpse is buried , exposed , burned , or ... gives of the belief in disembodied souls present among the living , and from the distinct line of ethnographic continuity ...
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... gives enter- tainments for the benefit of destitute and unfortunate souls in the lower regions , such as those of lepers and beggars . Lanterns are lighted to show them the way , a feast is spread for them , and with characteristic ...
... gives enter- tainments for the benefit of destitute and unfortunate souls in the lower regions , such as those of lepers and beggars . Lanterns are lighted to show them the way , a feast is spread for them , and with characteristic ...
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