Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 11
... describes certain Brahmans of the Coromandel Coast as eating fruits , but being careful not to pull the plants up by the roots , lest they should dislodge a soul ; but few , it is remarked , are so scrupulous as this , and the ...
... describes certain Brahmans of the Coromandel Coast as eating fruits , but being careful not to pull the plants up by the roots , lest they should dislodge a soul ; but few , it is remarked , are so scrupulous as this , and the ...
Page 40
... describes the mourners at the funeral banquet inviting in the departed soul , thought to be standing outside the door , and every guest throwing morsels and pouring drink under the table , for him to refresh him- self . What lay on the ...
... describes the mourners at the funeral banquet inviting in the departed soul , thought to be standing outside the door , and every guest throwing morsels and pouring drink under the table , for him to refresh him- self . What lay on the ...
Page 46
... describing the spirit - world which is the end of the soul's journey , let us see what the proof is which sustains the belief in both . The lower races claim to hold their doctrines of the future life on strong tradition , direct ...
... describing the spirit - world which is the end of the soul's journey , let us see what the proof is which sustains the belief in both . The lower races claim to hold their doctrines of the future life on strong tradition , direct ...
Page 55
... describes them once more in the guise of a living visitor to the land of the dead . Echoes in mediæval legend of ... describe first and foremost in his ' Catholic History ' as " the greatest of all memorable things of Ireland ...
... describes them once more in the guise of a living visitor to the land of the dead . Echoes in mediæval legend of ... describe first and foremost in his ' Catholic History ' as " the greatest of all memorable things of Ireland ...
Page 67
... describes : - " The great crowd , indeed , whom the wise call ' idiots , ' believing Homer and Hesiod , and the other myth - makers about these things , and setting up their poetry as a law , have supposed a certain deep place under the ...
... describes : - " The great crowd , indeed , whom the wise call ' idiots , ' believing Homer and Hesiod , and the other myth - makers about these things , and setting up their poetry as a law , have supposed a certain deep place under the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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