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... the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with
myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization
of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives ...
... the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with
myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization
of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives ...
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... induced for religious purposes - Orientation : 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.
... induced for religious purposes - Orientation : 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.
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In North - 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 ...
In North - 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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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 belief in the new human birth of the departed soul , which has even led 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 ...
The belief in the new human birth of the departed soul , which has even led 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 ...
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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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