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Animism , expanding from the Doctrine of Souls to the wider Doctrine of Spirits ,
becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - - Definition of Spirits similar
to and apparently modelled on that of Souls - - Transition - stage : classes of ...
Animism , expanding from the Doctrine of Souls to the wider Doctrine of Spirits ,
becomes a complete Philosophy of Natural Religion - - Definition of Spirits similar
to and apparently modelled on that of Souls - - Transition - stage : classes of ...
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A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
A similar theory may be traced northward by the Torres Islands to New Caledonia
, where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring
sickness , and assigned this as their reason for wishing to kill white men .
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As in North America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their
bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian
islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred ,
and ...
As in North America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their
bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian
islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred ,
and ...
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Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time
, and “ unless the rites of burial were performed ... 4 In Turanian regions of North
Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as ...
Among the Iroquois of North America the spirit also stays near the body for a time
, and “ unless the rites of burial were performed ... 4 In Turanian regions of North
Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as ...
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The thought is not unknown to Slavonic folklore : “ Ha ! with the shriek the spirit
flutters from the mouth , flies up to the tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till
the dead is burned . ” 2 In mediĉval Europe the classic stories of ghosts that ...
The thought is not unknown to Slavonic folklore : “ Ha ! with the shriek the spirit
flutters from the mouth , flies up to the tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till
the dead is burned . ” 2 In mediĉval Europe the classic stories of ghosts that ...
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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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