Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... influence . Thus we hear among the Dayaks of Borneo of the human soul entering the trunks of trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient ; and the Santals of Bengal are said to fancy that ...
... influence . Thus we hear among the Dayaks of Borneo of the human soul entering the trunks of trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient ; and the Santals of Bengal are said to fancy that ...
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... influence , the Manichæans appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls transmigrating into beasts , the viler according to their crimes ; that he who kills a fowl or rat will ...
... influence , the Manichæans appear as the most remarkable exponents of the metempsychosis . We hear of their ideas of sinners ' souls transmigrating into beasts , the viler according to their crimes ; that he who kills a fowl or rat will ...
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... influence in human life . Far from a life after death being held by all men as the destiny of all men , whole classes are formally excluded from it . In the Tonga islands , the future life was a privilege of caste , for while the chiefs ...
... influence in human life . Far from a life after death being held by all men as the destiny of all men , whole classes are formally excluded from it . In the Tonga islands , the future life was a privilege of caste , for while the chiefs ...
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... influence of physical science , much that was once distinctly - meant philosophy has now passed among theologians into imagery and metaphor , yet at low levels of knowledge the new canons of interpre- tation find little acceptance , and ...
... influence of physical science , much that was once distinctly - meant philosophy has now passed among theologians into imagery and metaphor , yet at low levels of knowledge the new canons of interpre- tation find little acceptance , and ...
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... influence the idea of Tha - ma , the judge of the dead ( the Hindu Yama ) , as allotting their fate according to their lives , sending those who have done deeds of merit to heaven , those who have done wickedness to hell , and keeping ...
... influence the idea of Tha - ma , the judge of the dead ( the Hindu Yama ) , as allotting their fate according to their lives , sending those who have done deeds of merit to heaven , those who have done wickedness to hell , and keeping ...
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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