Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... Tree- Worship Spirits embodied in or inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests - Animal - Worship : Animals worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ; Totem- Worship ; Serpent - Worship - Species ...
... Tree- Worship Spirits embodied in or inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests - Animal - Worship : Animals worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ; Totem- Worship ; Serpent - Worship - Species ...
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... trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient ; and the Santals of Bengal are said to fancy that uncharitable men and childless women are eaten eternally by worms and snakes , while the good ...
... trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient ; and the Santals of Bengal are said to fancy that uncharitable men and childless women are eaten eternally by worms and snakes , while the good ...
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... tree . At last , when he became the supreme Buddha , his mind , like a vessel overflowing with honey , overflowed with the ambrosia of truth , and he proclaimed his triumph over life : — 1 Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst ...
... tree . At last , when he became the supreme Buddha , his mind , like a vessel overflowing with honey , overflowed with the ambrosia of truth , and he proclaimed his triumph over life : — 1 Abraham Roger , ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst ...
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... tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till the dead is burned . " In medieval Europe the classic stories of ghosts that haunt the living till laid by rites of burial pass here and there into new legends , where , under a changed ...
... tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till the dead is burned . " In medieval Europe the classic stories of ghosts that haunt the living till laid by rites of burial pass here and there into new legends , where , under a changed ...
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... trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar to her . She reached the village , and among the crowd assembled there she found her father and many near relations ; they saluted her , and welcomed her with the wailing chant which Maoris ...
... trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar to her . She reached the village , and among the crowd assembled there she found her father and many near relations ; they saluted her , and welcomed her with the wailing chant which Maoris ...
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