Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... thought to enter into children , and this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly philosophical theory , accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance between parents and children , and ...
... thought to enter into children , and this kind of transmigration is therefore from the savage point of view a highly philosophical theory , accounting as it does so well for the general resemblance between parents and children , and ...
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... thought . The following is a curious pair of instances from the two halves of the globe . The New Zealand priest would repeat to the infant a long list of names of its ancestors , fixing upon that name which the child by sneez- ing or ...
... thought . The following is a curious pair of instances from the two halves of the globe . The New Zealand priest would repeat to the infant a long list of names of its ancestors , fixing upon that name which the child by sneez- ing or ...
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... thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men.1 In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise again white ...
... thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men.1 In Africa , again , the belief is found among the Western negroes that they will rise again white ...
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... thought of re- surrection and immortality . It is especially certain green or brown harmless snakes , which come gently and fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be " amatongo " or ancestors , and therefore are treated ...
... thought of re- surrection and immortality . It is especially certain green or brown harmless snakes , which come gently and fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be " amatongo " or ancestors , and therefore are treated ...
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... thought . The half - human features and actions and characters of animals are watched with wondering sympathy by the savage , as by the child . The beast is the very incar nation of familiar qualities of man ; and such names as lion ...
... thought . The half - human features and actions and characters of animals are watched with wondering sympathy by the savage , as by the child . The beast is the very incar nation of familiar qualities of man ; and such names as lion ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu