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North American Indians of the Algonquin districts , when little children died ,
would bury them by the wayside , that their souls might enter into mothers
passing by , and so be born again . In North - West America , among the Tacullis ,
we hear ...
North American Indians of the Algonquin districts , when little children died ,
would bury them by the wayside , that their souls might enter into mothers
passing by , and so be born again . In North - West America , among the Tacullis ,
we hear ...
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In North - West America , among the Koloshes , the mother sees in a dream the
deceased relative whose transmitted soul will give his likeness to the child ; 1
and in Vancouver ' s Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians ...
In North - West America , among the Koloshes , the mother sees in a dream the
deceased relative whose transmitted soul will give his likeness to the child ; 1
and in Vancouver ' s Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians ...
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... the spirits of the Indians in their bodies ; some think that after death they will
pass again into the bodies of the animals they occupied in this former state . In
another district of North - West America , we find Indians believing the spirits of
their.
... the spirits of the Indians in their bodies ; some think that after death they will
pass again into the bodies of the animals they occupied in this former state . In
another district of North - West America , we find Indians believing the spirits of
their.
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Among other North American tribes , we hear of the Powhatans refraining from
doing harm to certain small woodbirds which received the souls of their chiefs ; 3
of Huron souls turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bores at the Feast
...
Among other North American tribes , we hear of the Powhatans refraining from
doing harm to certain small woodbirds which received the souls of their chiefs ; 3
of Huron souls turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bores at the Feast
...
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As in North America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their
bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian
islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred ,
and ...
As in North America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their
bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian
islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred ,
and ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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