Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... sacred . It is to be borne in mind that notions of this kind may form in barbaric psychology but a portion of the wide doctrine of the soul's future existence . For a conspicuous instance of this , let us take the system of the Gold ...
... sacred . It is to be borne in mind that notions of this kind may form in barbaric psychology but a portion of the wide doctrine of the soul's future existence . For a conspicuous instance of this , let us take the system of the Gold ...
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... sacred burial- enclosure was a task for the priest to accomplish with his charms . 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 ...
... sacred burial- enclosure was a task for the priest to accomplish with his charms . 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 ...
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... sacred cairns , common in the district . 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 ...
... sacred cairns , common in the district . 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 ...
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... sacred boat across to the burial - place , on the western side of the sacred lake.1 So , too , the cavernous Sheol of the Israelites , the shadowy region of departed souls , lay deep below the earth . Through the great Aryan religious ...
... sacred boat across to the burial - place , on the western side of the sacred lake.1 So , too , the cavernous Sheol of the Israelites , the shadowy region of departed souls , lay deep below the earth . Through the great Aryan religious ...
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... sacred tree into another life , where they shall find their kindred and have hunting in plenty , and possess all that they possessed on earth ; therefore it is that the Guarayos adorn their dead , and burn their weapons for them , and ...
... sacred tree into another life , where they shall find their kindred and have hunting in plenty , and possess all that they possessed on earth ; therefore it is that the Guarayos adorn their dead , and burn their weapons for them , and ...
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