Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... native language , a careless retailer of unsifted talk , a man preju- diced or even wilfully deceitful ? ' This question is , indeed , one which every ethnographer ought to keep clearly and constantly before his mind . Of course he is ...
... native language , a careless retailer of unsifted talk , a man preju- diced or even wilfully deceitful ? ' This question is , indeed , one which every ethnographer ought to keep clearly and constantly before his mind . Of course he is ...
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... native races of the East Indies and Africa lead a life below the European standard , but not a savage life . The Gauchos of the South American Pampas , a mixed European and Indian race of equestrian herdsmen , are described as sitting ...
... native races of the East Indies and Africa lead a life below the European standard , but not a savage life . The Gauchos of the South American Pampas , a mixed European and Indian race of equestrian herdsmen , are described as sitting ...
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... native races of Siam , Burma , & c . , the wilder tribes may be considered as representing earlier conditions , for the higher culture of this region is obviously foreign , especially of Buddhist origin . The Malay race is also ...
... native races of Siam , Burma , & c . , the wilder tribes may be considered as representing earlier conditions , for the higher culture of this region is obviously foreign , especially of Buddhist origin . The Malay race is also ...
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... native . action . Civilization is a plant much oftener propagated than developed . As regards the lower races , this accords with the results of European intercourse with savage tribes during the last three or four centuries ; so far as ...
... native . action . Civilization is a plant much oftener propagated than developed . As regards the lower races , this accords with the results of European intercourse with savage tribes during the last three or four centuries ; so far as ...
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... native tribes known in modern times rank as savages , there formerly dwelt a race whom ethnologists call the Mound - Builders , from the amazing extent of their mounds and enclosures , of which there is a single group occupying an area ...
... native tribes known in modern times rank as savages , there formerly dwelt a race whom ethnologists call the Mound - Builders , from the amazing extent of their mounds and enclosures , of which there is a single group occupying an area ...
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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