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3 Among Brazilian tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be
considered unresting till burial . 4 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of
the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as lingering above ...
3 Among Brazilian tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be
considered unresting till burial . 4 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of
the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as lingering above ...
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Among the Kol tribes this kindly hospitality to ancestral souls passes on into the
belief and ceremony of full ... Among Turanian races of North Asia , the Chuwash
put food and napkins on the grave , saying , “ Rise at night and eat your fill , and ...
Among the Kol tribes this kindly hospitality to ancestral souls passes on into the
belief and ceremony of full ... Among Turanian races of North Asia , the Chuwash
put food and napkins on the grave , saying , “ Rise at night and eat your fill , and ...
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But one of these Dayak tribes , burning the dead , says that “ as the smoke of the
funeral pile of a good man rises , the soul ... may be superposed on more
primitive doctrines of the future life , comes remarkably into view in Turanian
religion .
But one of these Dayak tribes , burning the dead , says that “ as the smoke of the
funeral pile of a good man rises , the soul ... may be superposed on more
primitive doctrines of the future life , comes remarkably into view in Turanian
religion .
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The Patagonians lived in terror of the souls of their wizards , which become evil
demons after death ; 7 Turanian tribes of North Asia fear their shamans even
more when dead than when alive , for they become a special class of spirits who
are ...
The Patagonians lived in terror of the souls of their wizards , which become evil
demons after death ; 7 Turanian tribes of North Asia fear their shamans even
more when dead than when alive , for they become a special class of spirits who
are ...
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2 Among non - Hindu tribes of India , whose religions more or less represent pre -
Brahmanic and prĉ - Buddhistic conditions , wide and deep traces appear of an
ancient and surviving cultus of ancestors . Among Turanian tribes spread over ...
2 Among non - Hindu tribes of India , whose religions more or less represent pre -
Brahmanic and prĉ - Buddhistic conditions , wide and deep traces appear of an
ancient and surviving cultus of ancestors . Among Turanian tribes spread over ...
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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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