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Page 8
... at death a “ sisa ” or ghost , which can remain in the house with the body ,
plague the living , and cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to
the bank of the River Wolta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and
dwell .
... at death a “ sisa ” or ghost , which can remain in the house with the body ,
plague the living , and cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to
the bank of the River Wolta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and
dwell .
Page 16
... a soul may migrate through bodies stage after stage , zoophyte ani ! oyster ,
grasshopper and eagle , crocodile and dog , till it arrives at man , thence
ascending to become one of the superhuman beings or angels who dwell in the
planetary ...
... a soul may migrate through bodies stage after stage , zoophyte ani ! oyster ,
grasshopper and eagle , crocodile and dog , till it arrives at man , thence
ascending to become one of the superhuman beings or angels who dwell in the
planetary ...
Page 22
The Nicaraguans believed that if a man lived well , his soul would ascend to
dwell among the gods , but if ill , it would perish with the body , and there would
be an end of it . Granted that the soul survives the death of the body , instance
after ...
The Nicaraguans believed that if a man lived well , his soul would ascend to
dwell among the gods , but if ill , it would perish with the body , and there would
be an end of it . Granted that the soul survives the death of the body , instance
after ...
Page 25
Nevertheless death and life dwell but ill together , and from savagery onward
there is recorded many a device by which the survivors have sought to rid
themselves of household ghosts . Though the unhappy savage custom of
deserting ...
Nevertheless death and life dwell but ill together , and from savagery onward
there is recorded many a device by which the survivors have sought to rid
themselves of household ghosts . Though the unhappy savage custom of
deserting ...
Page 28
In New Zealand , the ideas were to be found that the souls of the dead were apt
to linger near their bodies , and that the spirits of men left unburied , or killed in
battle and eaten , would wander ; and the bringing such malignant souls to dwell
...
In New Zealand , the ideas were to be found that the souls of the dead were apt
to linger near their bodies , and that the spirits of men left unburied , or killed in
battle and eaten , would wander ; and the bringing such malignant souls to dwell
...
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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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