Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... considered to belong to men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared to investigate one of the great religious doctrines of mankind , the belief in the soul's continued existence in a Life after Death ...
... considered to belong to men , to the lower animals , to plants , and to things , we are now prepared to investigate one of the great religious doctrines of mankind , the belief in the soul's continued existence in a Life after Death ...
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... 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.1 The belief in the new human birth of the departed soul ...
... 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.1 The belief in the new human birth of the departed soul ...
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... considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits thus come back.2 Next , the lower psychology , drawing no definite line of demarcation between souls of men and of beasts , can at least admit without difficulty the ...
... considered the first white people they saw as departed spirits thus come back.2 Next , the lower psychology , drawing no definite line of demarcation between souls of men and of beasts , can at least admit without difficulty the ...
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... considered to be " amatongo " or ancestors , and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still be recognized ; if the creature is one - eyed , or ...
... considered to be " amatongo " or ancestors , and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still be recognized ; if the creature is one - eyed , or ...
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... considered unresting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting- place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground , especially where their dust remains.5 South Asia has such ...
... considered unresting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting- place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground , especially where their dust remains.5 South Asia has such ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu