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Animism , expanding from the Doctrine of Souls to the wider Doctrine of Spirits , becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls --Transition - stage ...
Animism , expanding from the Doctrine of Souls to the wider Doctrine of Spirits , becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - Definition of Spirits similar to and apparently modelled on that of Souls --Transition - stage ...
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... become beautiful birds feeding on pleasant fruits , but cowards will be turned into reptiles . ? Among the Abipones we hear of certain little ducks which fly in flocks at night , uttering a mournful hiss , and which fancy associates ...
... become beautiful birds feeding on pleasant fruits , but cowards will be turned into reptiles . ? Among the Abipones we hear of certain little ducks which fly in flocks at night , uttering a mournful hiss , and which fancy associates ...
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The Zulus , while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
The Zulus , while admitting that a man may turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change of skin has so often been associated with the thought of resurrection and ...
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Many will not come back as men , but will become animals . To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , “ He will come again . ” l In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the soul ...
Many will not come back as men , but will become animals . To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , “ He will come again . ” l In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the soul ...
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... the cruel shall become bloodthirsty beasts ; stealers of grain and meat shall turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red partridge , a peacock ...
... the cruel shall become bloodthirsty beasts ; stealers of grain and meat shall turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red partridge , a peacock ...
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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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