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Page vii
... tion of evidence in these volumes leads me to remark , with sincere gratification , that this objection has in fact been balanced by solid advantage . The plan of collecting wide and minute evidence , so that readers may have actually ...
... tion of evidence in these volumes leads me to remark , with sincere gratification , that this objection has in fact been balanced by solid advantage . The plan of collecting wide and minute evidence , so that readers may have actually ...
Page xi
... tion : stories of Giants , Dwarfs , and Monstrous Tribes of men- Fanciful explanatory Myths - Myths attached to legendary or his- torical Personages - Etymological Myths on names of places and persons - Eponymic Myths on names of tribes ...
... tion : stories of Giants , Dwarfs , and Monstrous Tribes of men- Fanciful explanatory Myths - Myths attached to legendary or his- torical Personages - Etymological Myths on names of places and persons - Eponymic Myths on names of tribes ...
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... tion of these things , and their transmission from region to region , have to be studied as the naturalist studies the geography of his botanical and zoological species . Just as certain plants and animals are peculiar to certain ...
... tion of these things , and their transmission from region to region , have to be studied as the naturalist studies the geography of his botanical and zoological species . Just as certain plants and animals are peculiar to certain ...
Page 13
... tion producing the phenomena of human life , and of laws of maintenance and diffusion according to which these phe- nomena settle into permanent standard conditions of society , at definite stages of culture . But , while giving full ...
... tion producing the phenomena of human life , and of laws of maintenance and diffusion according to which these phe- nomena settle into permanent standard conditions of society , at definite stages of culture . But , while giving full ...
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... tion of savage to civilized life , almost every one of the thousands of facts discussed in the succeeding chapters has its direct bearing . Survival in Culture , placing all along the course of advancing civilization way - marks full of ...
... tion of savage to civilized life , almost every one of the thousands of facts discussed in the succeeding chapters has its direct bearing . Survival in Culture , placing all along the course of advancing civilization way - marks full 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