Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... body when supposed absent- Exit of Soul in Trances - Dreams and Visions : theory of exit of dreamer's or seer's own soul ; theory of visits received by them from other souls - Ghost - Soul seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul ...
... body when supposed absent- Exit of Soul in Trances - Dreams and Visions : theory of exit of dreamer's or seer's own soul ; theory of visits received by them from other souls - Ghost - Soul seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul ...
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... body , spreading or concentrating , moving in advance or in retreat . In some branches of the study of social laws it is now possible to call in the aid of statistics , and to set apart special actions of large mixed communities of men ...
... body , spreading or concentrating , moving in advance or in retreat . In some branches of the study of social laws it is now possible to call in the aid of statistics , and to set apart special actions of large mixed communities of men ...
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... bodies of men that ethnography has especially to deal . Yet , while generalizing on the culture of a tribe or nation , and setting aside the peculiarities of the individuals . composing it as unimportant to the main result , we must be ...
... bodies of men that ethnography has especially to deal . Yet , while generalizing on the culture of a tribe or nation , and setting aside the peculiarities of the individuals . composing it as unimportant to the main result , we must be ...
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... would perhaps have been recanted in favour of a more hopeful view . And it seems to be with the philosophy of remote human life somewhat as with the study of the nature of the celestial bodies . The 24 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... would perhaps have been recanted in favour of a more hopeful view . And it seems to be with the philosophy of remote human life somewhat as with the study of the nature of the celestial bodies . The 24 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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... bodies . The processes to be made out in the 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 ...
... bodies . The processes to be made out in the 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 ...
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Abipones Africa ages Amazulu ancient animals animistic appears Archæology Archip Aryan Asien barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body called century Charlevoix Chinook Jargon civilization connexion creatures culture custom Dayaks dead death described divination doctrine dreams early earth English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral ghost Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po Hist human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional Islands Journ Karens Khonds language legend living lower races Malay man's mankind Maui Max Müller meaning mediæval Mensch mind modern Moon myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy Plin primitive Quichua quinary relation religion remarkable rite rude Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems sneeze soul sound spirit stone story survival theory things thought tion Tonga traced Veddas verb vigesimal vowels Waitz words Wuttke Yoruba Zealand Zulu