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... the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with
myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization
of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives ...
... the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with
myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realization
of current religious ideas , whether of savage or civilized theology , in narratives ...
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... inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests - - - Animal - Worship : Animals
worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ;
TotemWorship ; Serpent - Worship - Species - Deities ; their relation to Archetypal
Ideas .
... inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests - - - Animal - Worship : Animals
worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ;
TotemWorship ; Serpent - Worship - Species - Deities ; their relation to Archetypal
Ideas .
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In Europe the Lapps repeat an instructive auimistic idea just noticed in America ;
the future mother was told in a dream what name to give her child , this message
being usually given by the very spirit of the deceased ancestor , who was about ...
In Europe the Lapps repeat an instructive auimistic idea just noticed in America ;
the future mother was told in a dream what name to give her child , this message
being usually given by the very spirit of the deceased ancestor , who was about ...
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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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The recognition of plants as possible receptacles of the transmigrating spirit well
illustrates the conception of souls of plants . The idea is one known to lower races
in the district of the world which has been more or less under Hindu influence .
The recognition of plants as possible receptacles of the transmigrating spirit well
illustrates the conception of souls of plants . The idea is one known to lower races
in the district of the world which has been more or less under Hindu influence .
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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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