Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... West - Realization of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls - Localization of the Future Life - Distant earthly region : Earthly Paradise , Isles of the Blest ...
... West - Realization of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls - Localization of the Future Life - Distant earthly region : Earthly Paradise , Isles of the Blest ...
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... its relation to Sun - myth and Sun - worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to CONTENTS . vii.
... its relation to Sun - myth and Sun - worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to CONTENTS . vii.
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... West America , among the Tacullis , we hear of direct transfusion . of soul by the medicine - man , who , putting his hands on the breast of the dying or dead , then holds them over the head of a relative and blows through them ; the ...
... West America , among the Tacullis , we hear of direct transfusion . of soul by the medicine - man , who , putting his hands on the breast of the dying or dead , then holds them over the head of a relative and blows through them ; the ...
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... West America , among the Koloshes , the mother sees in a dream the deceased relative whose transmitted soul will give his likeness to the child ; and in Vancouver's Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a ...
... West America , among the Koloshes , the mother sees in a dream the deceased relative whose transmitted soul will give his likeness to the child ; and in Vancouver's Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a ...
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... West African negroes to commit suicide when in distant slavery , that they may revive in their own land , in fact amounts among several of the lower races to a distinct doctrine of an earthly resurrection . One of the most remarkable ...
... West African negroes to commit suicide when in distant slavery , that they may revive in their own land , in fact amounts among several of the lower races to a distinct doctrine of an earthly resurrection . One of the most remarkable ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu