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Thus a native who was hanged years ago at Melbourne expressed in his last
moments the hopeful belief that he would jump up Whitefellow , and have lots of
sixpences . The doctrine has been current among them since early days of ...
Thus a native who was hanged years ago at Melbourne expressed in his last
moments the hopeful belief that he would jump up Whitefellow , and have lots of
sixpences . The doctrine has been current among them since early days of ...
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Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
Thus we have traced the ancient theory of metempsychosis in stage after stage of
the world ' s civilization , scattered among the native races of America and Africa ,
established in old Egypt , elaborated by the Hindu mind into its great system of ...
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It is well known that the departed soul is often thought apt to revisit the remains of
the body . But how far the preservation of these remains may be connected with
an idea of bodily resurrection , whether among the native races of America , or in
...
It is well known that the departed soul is often thought apt to revisit the remains of
the body . But how far the preservation of these remains may be connected with
an idea of bodily resurrection , whether among the native races of America , or in
...
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In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus , taken down from a native , it is
explicitly stated that Unkulunkulu the Old - Old - One said that people “ were to
die and never rise again , " and that he allowed them “ to die and rise no more .
In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus , taken down from a native , it is
explicitly stated that Unkulunkulu the Old - Old - One said that people “ were to
die and never rise again , " and that he allowed them “ to die and rise no more .
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Among some Australian tribes the “ ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but
with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives ,
whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of blood did
not ...
Among some Australian tribes the “ ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but
with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives ,
whose bodies were left to lie unburied or whose death the avenger of blood did
not ...
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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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