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... fits induced for religious purposes - Orientation : its relation to Sun - myth and
Sun - worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship ,
and structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material
to.
... fits induced for religious purposes - Orientation : its relation to Sun - myth and
Sun - worship ; rules of East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship ,
and structure of temple - Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material
to.
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... temple the shield he had carried in a former birth , when he was that
Euphorbos whom Menelaus slew at the siege of Troy . Afterwards he was
Hermotimos , the Klazomenian prophet whose funeral rites were so prematurely
celebrated while ...
... temple the shield he had carried in a former birth , when he was that
Euphorbos whom Menelaus slew at the siege of Troy . Afterwards he was
Hermotimos , the Klazomenian prophet whose funeral rites were so prematurely
celebrated while ...
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In Mexico the cavern of Chalchatongo led to the plains of paradise , and the
Aztec name of Mictlan , “ Land of the Dead , " now Mitla , keeps up the
remembrance of another subterranean temple which opened the way to the
sojourn of the ...
In Mexico the cavern of Chalchatongo led to the plains of paradise , and the
Aztec name of Mictlan , “ Land of the Dead , " now Mitla , keeps up the
remembrance of another subterranean temple which opened the way to the
sojourn of the ...
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They may , however , be propitiated by temples and offerings , and thus have
become in fact a regular class of local deities . 3 Among them may be counted
the diabolic soul of a certain wicked British officer , whom native worshippers in
the ...
They may , however , be propitiated by temples and offerings , and thus have
become in fact a regular class of local deities . 3 Among them may be counted
the diabolic soul of a certain wicked British officer , whom native worshippers in
the ...
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neglect of the customary gifts , while the Natchez of Louisiana are said to have
even gone so far as to build temples for dead men . Turning to the dark races of
the Pacific , we find the Tasmanians laying their sick round a corpse on the
funeral ...
neglect of the customary gifts , while the Natchez of Louisiana are said to have
even gone so far as to build temples for dead men . Turning to the dark races of
the Pacific , we find the Tasmanians laying their sick round a corpse on the
funeral ...
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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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