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... tribes receives the name of that ancestor . The naming of children , with reference to the belief in return of ancestral souls , appears in Dahome . The renewal of old family names by giving them to new - born children , a practice not ...
... tribes receives the name of that ancestor . The naming of children , with reference to the belief in return of ancestral souls , appears in Dahome . The renewal of old family names by giving them to new - born children , a practice not ...
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... tribe begging the life of a wrinkle- faced old she grizzly bear as the recipient of the soul of some particular grandam ... Tribes , ' part iii . p . 113 . • 2 Hayes , Arctic Boat Journey , ' p . 198 . Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p ...
... tribe begging the life of a wrinkle- faced old she grizzly bear as the recipient of the soul of some particular grandam ... Tribes , ' part iii . p . 113 . • 2 Hayes , Arctic Boat Journey , ' p . 198 . Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p ...
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... tribes ) . + Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . - " for 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " çarîrajaih karmmadoshaih yâti sthâvaratâm narah " -- " Buddhism , like the Brahmanism from which it seceded , ANIMISM . 6.
... tribes ) . + Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . - " for 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " çarîrajaih karmmadoshaih yâti sthâvaratâm narah " -- " Buddhism , like the Brahmanism from which it seceded , ANIMISM . 6.
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... father's house to decay , but 1 Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 .; Doolittle , Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 1 3 2 after two years he might rebuild it , 22 ANIMISM .
... father's house to decay , but 1 Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 .; Doolittle , Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 1 3 2 after two years he might rebuild it , 22 ANIMISM .
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... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered un- resting till burial.3 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting - place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered un- resting till burial.3 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting - place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
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