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... faiths — Transition of Animism in the History of Religion ; its earlier and later stages as a Philosophy of the Universe ; its later stages as the principle of a Moral Institution 304 . CHAPTER XVIII . RITES AND CEREMONIES .
... faiths — Transition of Animism in the History of Religion ; its earlier and later stages as a Philosophy of the Universe ; its later stages as the principle of a Moral Institution 304 . CHAPTER XVIII . RITES AND CEREMONIES .
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Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and “ unless the rites of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a time upon the earth , in a state of great ...
Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and “ unless the rites of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a time upon the earth , in a state of great ...
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Not to discuss here the general subject of the funeral rites of mankind , of which only part of the multifarious details are directly relevant to the present purpose , a custom may be selected which is admirably adapted for the study of ...
Not to discuss here the general subject of the funeral rites of mankind , of which only part of the multifarious details are directly relevant to the present purpose , a custom may be selected which is admirably adapted for the study of ...
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In the classic world such rites were represented by funeral feasts and oblations of food . 4 In Christian times there manifests itself that interesting kind of survival which , keeping up the old ceremony in form , has adapted its ...
In the classic world such rites were represented by funeral feasts and oblations of food . 4 In Christian times there manifests itself that interesting kind of survival which , keeping up the old ceremony in form , has adapted its ...
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Their rites are much the same as those performed on other days for individuals ; their season differs in different districts , but seems to have particular associations with harvest - time and the fall of the year , and with the year's ...
Their rites are much the same as those performed on other days for individuals ; their season differs in different districts , but seems to have particular associations with harvest - time and the fall of the year , and with the year's ...
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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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