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... induced for religious purposes - Orientation : its relation to Sun - myth and Sun
- worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and
structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to.
... induced for religious purposes - Orientation : its relation to Sun - myth and Sun
- worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and
structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to.
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... ideas are originally independent of each other , and if not , did the Hindus
adopt the ideas of the indigenes , or vice versa ? A. 1 Manu , xi . xii . Ward ,
Hindoos , ' vol . i . p . 164 , vol . ii . pp . 215 , 347 - - 52 . * St . John , “ Far East , '
vol . i . p .
... ideas are originally independent of each other , and if not , did the Hindus
adopt the ideas of the indigenes , or vice versa ? A. 1 Manu , xi . xii . Ward ,
Hindoos , ' vol . i . p . 164 , vol . ii . pp . 215 , 347 - - 52 . * St . John , “ Far East , '
vol . i . p .
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When the East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the “ old
people , ” he can reply that “ they are ended , ” yet at the same time he fully
admits that their ghosts survive . In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ,
taken ...
When the East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the “ old
people , ” he can reply that “ they are ended , ” yet at the same time he fully
admits that their ghosts survive . In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ,
taken ...
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The Wanika of East Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the
grave for the “ koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In
West Africa the Efik cook food and leave it on the table in the little shed or “ devil ...
The Wanika of East Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the
grave for the “ koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In
West Africa the Efik cook food and leave it on the table in the little shed or “ devil ...
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South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its representative .
He keeps his coffined parent for years , serving him with meals as if alive . He
summons ancestral souls with prayer and beat of drum to feed on the meat and
drink ...
South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its representative .
He keeps his coffined parent for years , serving him with meals as if alive . He
summons ancestral souls with prayer and beat of drum to feed on the meat and
drink ...
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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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