Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 |
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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 men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared ...
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 men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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The New Zealand priest would repeat to the infant a long list of names of its ancestors , fixing upon that name which the child by sneezing or crying when it was uttered , was considered to select for itself ; while the Cheremiss Tatar ...
The New Zealand priest would repeat to the infant a long list of names of its ancestors , fixing upon that name which the child by sneezing or crying when it was uttered , was considered to select for itself ; while the Cheremiss Tatar ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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