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Page 81
Gloomy is the Greek land of Hades , dark dwelling of the 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 ...
Gloomy is the Greek land of Hades , dark dwelling of the 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 ...
Page 96
I have not injured the images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the
bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not withheld milk
from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages . I
have not ...
I have not injured the images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the
bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not withheld milk
from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages . I
have not ...
Page 116
There the living bring to the 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
...
There the living bring to the 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
...
Page 119
... hideous 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 their ...
... hideous 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 their ...
Page 120
... civilized language ; they embodied them as 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 .
... civilized language ; they embodied them as 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 .
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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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