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... especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the
Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower levels of culture the opinions
of mankind as to the souls , spirits , ghosts , or phantoms , considered to belong
to ...
... especially if corpse unburied ; its attachment to bodily remains - Feasts of the
Dead . HAVING thus traced upward from the lower levels of culture the opinions
of mankind as to the souls , spirits , ghosts , or phantoms , considered to belong
to ...
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Permanent transition , new birth , or re - incarnation of human souls in other
human bodies , is especially considered to take place by the soul of a deceased
person animating the body of an infant . North American Indians of the Algonquin
...
Permanent transition , new birth , or re - incarnation of human souls in other
human bodies , is especially considered to take place by the soul of a deceased
person animating the body of an infant . North American Indians of the Algonquin
...
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... that name which the child by sneezing or crying when it was uttered , was
considered to select for itself ; while the Cheremiss Tatar would shake the baby
till it cried , and then repeat names to it , till it chose itself one by leaving off crying
.
... that name which the child by sneezing or crying when it was uttered , was
considered to select for itself ; while the Cheremiss Tatar would shake the baby
till it cried , and then repeat names to it , till it chose itself one by leaving off crying
.
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In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise
again white , and the Bari of the White Nile , believing in the resurrection of the
dead on earth , considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits ...
In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise
again white , and the Bari of the White Nile , believing in the resurrection of the
dead on earth , considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits ...
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It is especially certain green or brown harmless snakes , which come gently and
fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be “ amatongo " or ancestors ,
and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them .
It is especially certain green or brown harmless snakes , which come gently and
fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be “ amatongo " or ancestors ,
and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them .
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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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