Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 81
... images of departed mortals , where the shades carry at once their living features and their dying wounds , and glide and cluster and whisper , and lead the shadow of a life . Like the savage hunter on his ghostly prairie , the great ...
... images of departed mortals , where the shades carry at once their living features and their dying wounds , and glide and cluster and whisper , and lead the shadow of a life . Like the savage hunter on his ghostly prairie , the great ...
Page 96
... images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not with- held milk from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages . I have not netted ...
... images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not with- held milk from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages . I have not netted ...
Page 116
... images of the dead food and drink , and even a small portion of their profits gained in trade ; they look especially to dead relatives for help in the trials of life , and " it is no uncommon thing to see large groups of men and women ...
... images of the dead food and drink , and even a small portion of their profits gained in trade ; they look especially to dead relatives for help in the trials of life , and " it is no uncommon thing to see large groups of men and women ...
Page 119
... image called a " devil gambling for cash , " and in this shape receives the prayers and offerings of confirmed gamblers , his votaries . The spirits of San - kea Ta - te , and Chang - yuen - sze go to partake of the offerings set out in ...
... image called a " devil gambling for cash , " and in this shape receives the prayers and offerings of confirmed gamblers , his votaries . The spirits of San - kea Ta - te , and Chang - yuen - sze go to partake of the offerings set out in ...
Page 120
... images , set them up as household patrons , gratified them with offerings and solemn homage , and counting them as or among the infernal gods , inscribed on tombs D. M. , " Diis Manibus . " 2 The occurrence of this D. M. in Christian ...
... images , set them up as household patrons , gratified them with offerings and solemn homage , and counting them as or among the infernal gods , inscribed on tombs D. M. , " Diis Manibus . " 2 The occurrence of this D. M. in Christian ...
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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