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Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead , Visits by the Living to the Regions of
Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset : the Land of
the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization of current religious ideas ...
Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead , Visits by the Living to the Regions of
Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset : the Land of
the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization of current religious ideas ...
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... tending to bring the whole race to extinction , a helpless widow would seek to
persuade some father that the soul of a dead child of his had passed into a living
child of hers , or vice versá , thus gaining for herself a new relative and protector .
... tending to bring the whole race to extinction , a helpless widow would seek to
persuade some father that the soul of a dead child of his had passed into a living
child of hers , or vice versá , thus gaining for herself a new relative and protector .
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... souls into the bodies of the lower animals . A series of examples from among
the native tribes of America , will serve well to show the various ways in which
such ideas are worked out . The Ahts of Vancouver ' s Island consider the living ...
... souls into the bodies of the lower animals . A series of examples from among
the native tribes of America , will serve well to show the various ways in which
such ideas are worked out . The Ahts of Vancouver ' s Island consider the living ...
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So , among the Esquimaux , a traveller noticed a widow who was living for
conscience ' sake upon birds , and would not touch walrusmeat , which the
angekok had forbidden her for a time , because her late husband had entered
into a walrus .
So , among the Esquimaux , a traveller noticed a widow who was living for
conscience ' sake upon birds , and would not touch walrusmeat , which the
angekok had forbidden her for a time , because her late husband had entered
into a walrus .
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They believe that the “ kla ” or “ kra , " the vital soul , becomes at death a “ sisa ” or
ghost , which can remain in the house with the body , plague the living , and
cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the bank of the River
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They believe that the “ kla ” or “ kra , " the vital soul , becomes at death a “ sisa ” or
ghost , which can remain in the house with the body , plague the living , and
cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the bank of the River
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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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