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Among other North American tribes , we hear of the Powhatans refraining from
doing harm to certain small woodbirds which received the souls of their chiefs ; 3
of Huron souls turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bores at the Feast
...
Among other North American tribes , we hear of the Powhatans refraining from
doing harm to certain small woodbirds which received the souls of their chiefs ; 3
of Huron souls turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bores at the Feast
...
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Though seemingly not received by the early Aryans , the doctrine of migration
was adopted and adapted by Hindu philosophy , and forms an integral part of
that great system common to Brahmanism and Buddhism , wherein successive
births ...
Though seemingly not received by the early Aryans , the doctrine of migration
was adopted and adapted by Hindu philosophy , and forms an integral part of
that great system common to Brahmanism and Buddhism , wherein successive
births ...
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Whether the Buddhists receive the full Hindu doctrine of the migration of the
individual soul from birth to birth , or whether they ... A man may be prosperous
for a time on account of the merit he has received in former births , but if he does
not ...
Whether the Buddhists receive the full Hindu doctrine of the migration of the
individual soul from birth to birth , or whether they ... A man may be prosperous
for a time on account of the merit he has received in former births , but if he does
not ...
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In the last five or ten days of their year the Zoroastrians hold their feasts for
departed relatives , when souls come back to the world to visit the living , and
receive from them offerings of food and clothing . The custom of setting empty
seats at the ...
In the last five or ten days of their year the Zoroastrians hold their feasts for
departed relatives , when souls come back to the world to visit the living , and
receive from them offerings of food and clothing . The custom of setting empty
seats at the ...
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But the popular belief , that a tiger would devour the chiefs who permitted a
violation of the sacred place , soon received the sort of confirmation which such
beliefs receive everywhere , for a tiger killed two children a few days later , and
the ...
But the popular belief , that a tiger would devour the chiefs who permitted a
violation of the sacred place , soon received the sort of confirmation which such
beliefs receive everywhere , for a tiger killed two children a few days later , and
the ...
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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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