Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... Earth as Universal Parents - Sun and Moon : Eclipse and Sunset , as Hero or Maiden swallowed by Monster ; Rising of Sun from Sea and Descent to Under - World ; Jaws of Night and Death , Symplegades ; Eye of Heaven , Eye of Odin and the ...
... Earth as Universal Parents - Sun and Moon : Eclipse and Sunset , as Hero or Maiden swallowed by Monster ; Rising of Sun from Sea and Descent to Under - World ; Jaws of Night and Death , Symplegades ; Eye of Heaven , Eye of Odin and the ...
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... earth , or the other end of history . So strong , indeed , is this means of authentication , that the ethnographer in his library may sometimes presume to decide , not only whether a particular explorer is a shrewd honest observer , but ...
... earth , or the other end of history . So strong , indeed , is this means of authentication , that the ethnographer in his library may sometimes presume to decide , not only whether a particular explorer is a shrewd honest observer , but ...
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... earth is flat , and night- mare the visit of a demon . It being shown that the details of Culture are capable of being classified in a great number of ethnographic groups of arts , beliefs , customs , and the rest , the consideration ...
... earth is flat , and night- mare the visit of a demon . It being shown that the details of Culture are capable of being classified in a great number of ethnographic groups of arts , beliefs , customs , and the rest , the consideration ...
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... earth , to traverse the ocean , and to measure the heavens . His progress in the improvement and exercise of his mental and corporeal faculties has been irregular and various ; infinitely slow in the beginning , and increasing by ...
... earth , to traverse the ocean , and to measure the heavens . His progress in the improvement and exercise of his mental and corporeal faculties has been irregular and various ; infinitely slow in the beginning , and increasing by ...
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... earth of a semi - civilized race of men , and second , that from this stage culture has proceeded in two ways , backward to produce savages , and forward to produce civilized men . The idea of the original condition of man being one of ...
... earth of a semi - civilized race of men , and second , that from this stage culture has proceeded in two ways , backward to produce savages , and forward to produce civilized men . The idea of the original condition of man being one of ...
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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