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... its investigation ; classification of Deities according to central conceptions of
their significance and function - Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god - Wind
- god – Earth god — Water - god - Sea - godFire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god .
... its investigation ; classification of Deities according to central conceptions of
their significance and function - Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god - Wind
- god – Earth god — Water - god - Sea - godFire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god .
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Polytheism comprises a class of great Deities , ruling the course of Nature and
the life of Man - - Childbirth - god - Agriculture - godWar - god - God of the Dead -
First Man as Divine AncestorDualism ; its rudimentary and unethical nature ...
Polytheism comprises a class of great Deities , ruling the course of Nature and
the life of Man - - Childbirth - god - Agriculture - godWar - god - God of the Dead -
First Man as Divine AncestorDualism ; its rudimentary and unethical nature ...
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... must appear after death would judge them , sending the good in peace to a
happy place , but killing the wicked a second time with the club that stands ready
before his dwelling ; or else the departed shall be judged by their god at the river
of ...
... must appear after death would judge them , sending the good in peace to a
happy place , but killing the wicked a second time with the club that stands ready
before his dwelling ; or else the departed shall be judged by their god at the river
of ...
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... no war , no bloodshed , but the creatures run happily about , nourished by the
air they breathe . ” Tongan legend says that , long ago , a canoe returning from
Fiji was driven by stress of weather to Bolotu , the island of gods and souls lying
in ...
... no war , no bloodshed , but the creatures run happily about , nourished by the
air they breathe . ” Tongan legend says that , long ago , a canoe returning from
Fiji was driven by stress of weather to Bolotu , the island of gods and souls lying
in ...
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They who fear the judgment of God shall have two gardens . Which of the
benefits of God will ye deny ? Adorned with groves . Which of the benefits of God
will ye deny ? In each of them shall spring two fountains . Which of the benefits of
God ...
They who fear the judgment of God shall have two gardens . Which of the
benefits of God will ye deny ? Adorned with groves . Which of the benefits of God
will ye deny ? In each of them shall spring two fountains . Which of the benefits of
God ...
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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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