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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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... its primary phases best represented among the lower races , while survivals of
these among the higher races mark the transition from savage through barbaric
to civilized faiths - Transition of Animism in the History of Religion ; its earlier and
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... its primary phases best represented among the lower races , while survivals of
these among the higher races mark the transition from savage through barbaric
to civilized faiths - Transition of Animism in the History of Religion ; its earlier and
...
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This comes more clearly into view among the more civilized races who have
worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical schemes of retribution , where
the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is almost as manifest to the modern
critic ...
This comes more clearly into view among the more civilized races who have
worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical schemes of retribution , where
the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is almost as manifest to the modern
critic ...
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Passing from these metaphysical doctrines of civilized theology , we now take up
a series of beliefs higher in practical moment , and more clearly conceived in
savage thought . There may well have been , and there may still be , low races ...
Passing from these metaphysical doctrines of civilized theology , we now take up
a series of beliefs higher in practical moment , and more clearly conceived in
savage thought . There may well have been , and there may still be , low races ...
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In savage as in civilized life , dull and careless natures ignore a world to come as
too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or
perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in ...
In savage as in civilized life , dull and careless natures ignore a world to come as
too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or
perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in ...
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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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