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... determines which of his progenitors has reappeared , and the child generally
at least among the northern tribes receives the name of that ancestor . In Europe
the Lapps repeat an instructive auimistic idea just noticed in America ; the future ...
... determines which of his progenitors has reappeared , and the child generally
at least among the northern tribes receives the name of that ancestor . In Europe
the Lapps repeat an instructive auimistic idea just noticed in America ; the future ...
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... can at least admit without difficulty the transmission of human souls into the
bodies of the lower animals . A series of examples from among the native tribes
of America , will serve well to show the various ways in which such ideas are
worked ...
... can at least admit without difficulty the transmission of human souls into the
bodies of the lower animals . A series of examples from among the native tribes
of America , will serve well to show the various ways in which such ideas are
worked ...
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America , we find Indians believing the spirits of their dead to enter into bears ,
and travellers have heard of a tribe ... Among other North American tribes , we
hear of the Powhatans refraining from doing harm to certain small woodbirds
which ...
America , we find Indians believing the spirits of their dead to enter into bears ,
and travellers have heard of a tribe ... Among other North American tribes , we
hear of the Powhatans refraining from doing harm to certain small woodbirds
which ...
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The doctrines which , separate or compounded , make up the scheme of future
existence among particular tribes , are principally these : the theories of lingering
, wandering , and returning ghosts , and of souls dwelling on or below or above ...
The doctrines which , separate or compounded , make up the scheme of future
existence among particular tribes , are principally these : the theories of lingering
, wandering , and returning ghosts , and of souls dwelling on or below or above ...
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Though the unhappy savage custom of deserting houses after a decease may
mostly be connected with other causes , such as horror or abnegation of all
things belonging to the dead , there are cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , " Indian
Tribes ...
Though the unhappy savage custom of deserting houses after a decease may
mostly be connected with other causes , such as horror or abnegation of all
things belonging to the dead , there are cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , " Indian
Tribes ...
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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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