Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 1Murray, 1903 - Animism |
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... Early History of Mankind ' ( 1st Ed . 1865 ; 2nd Ed . 1870 ) , carry on the investigation of Culture into other branches of thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively ...
... Early History of Mankind ' ( 1st Ed . 1865 ; 2nd Ed . 1870 ) , carry on the investigation of Culture into other branches of thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively ...
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... early medieval Europe followed by revival ; its practices and counter- practices belong to earlier culture - Spiritualism has its source in early stages of culture , in close connexion with witchcraft - Spirit- rapping and Spirit ...
... early medieval Europe followed by revival ; its practices and counter- practices belong to earlier culture - Spiritualism has its source in early stages of culture , in close connexion with witchcraft - Spirit- rapping and Spirit ...
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... early general condition of man , which from our point of view is to be regarded as a primitive con- dition , whatever yet earlier state may in reality have lain behind it . This hypothetical primitive condition corre- sponds in a ...
... early general condition of man , which from our point of view is to be regarded as a primitive con- dition , whatever yet earlier state may in reality have lain behind it . This hypothetical primitive condition corre- sponds in a ...
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... early development of civilization must be pushed on zealously . Every possible avenue of knowledge must be explored , every door tried to see if it is open . No kind of evidence need be left untouched on the score of remoteness or ...
... early development of civilization must be pushed on zealously . Every possible avenue of knowledge must be explored , every door tried to see if it is open . No kind of evidence need be left untouched on the score of remoteness or ...
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... early stages of our mental evolution > lie distant from us in time as the stars lie distant from us in space , but the laws of the universe are not limited with the direct observation of our senses . There is vast material to be used in ...
... early stages of our mental evolution > lie distant from us in time as the stars lie distant from us in space , but the laws of the universe are not limited with the direct observation of our senses . There is vast material to be used in ...
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Abipones Africa Amazulu ancient animals animistic Archæology Aryan Asien barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body Book of Werewolves called century Charlevoix Chinook Jargon civilization connexion creatures culture Dayaks dead death doctrine early earth eclipse English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po Hist human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional J. G. Müller Journ Karens Khonds language legend living lower races man's Manabozho mankind Maori Maui Max Müller meaning mediæval Mensch metaphor mind modern Moon mother myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy primæval primitive Quichua religion remarkable rite rude Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems shape sneeze soul sound spirit stone story survival tells theory things thought tion Tonga traced verb vigesimal words Wuttke Yoruba Zealand Zulu
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Page 1 - Civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that" complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
Page 278 - Of the lands which the river of Time Had left ere he woke on its breast, Or shall reach when his eyes have been closed. Only the tract where he sails He wots of; only the thoughts, Raised by the objects he passes, are his.
Page 31 - The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history or tradition of the most enlightened nations, represent the human savage naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language.
Page 435 - Among the Seminoles of Florida, when a woman died in childbirth, the infant was held over her face to receive her parting spirit, and thus acquire strength and knowledge for its future use.
Page 496 - Every night and alle ; The fire will burn thee to the bare bane ; And Christe receive thy saule.
Page 495 - Every nighte and alle, Sit thee down and put them on ; And Christe receive thy saule. If hosen and shoon thou ne'er...
Page 420 - have no ' idea of a Supreme Divinity, the creator and governor ' of the world, the witness of their actions, and their ' future judge. They have no object of worship, even ' of a subordinate and inferior rank.
Page 431 - It is a thin unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing thex personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal owner, past or present ; capable of leaving the body far behind, to flash swiftly from place to place ; mostly impalpable and invisible, yet also manifesting physical power, and especially appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body of which...
Page 85 - I (saith Israel) know One : One is God, who is over heaven and earth. Who knoweth two ? I (saith Israel) know two : Two tables of the covenant ; but One is our God Who is over the heavens and the earth.' (And so forth, accumulating up to the last verse, which is — ) ' Who knoweth thirteen ? I (saith Israel) know thirteen : Thirteen divine attributes, twelve tribes, eleven stars, ten commandments, nine months preceding childbirth, eight days preceding circumcision, seven days of the week, six books...
Page 432 - The Basutos not only call the spirit remaining after death the seriti or "shadow," but they think that if a man walks on the river bank a crocodile may seize his shadow in the water and draw him in; while in Old Calabar there is found the same identification of the spirit with the ukpon or "shadow," for a man to lose which is fatal.