Primitive Culture, Volume 2Harper, 1958 - Animism |
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Page 46
... Africa , accounts of the same class begin in Congo and Angola with the recorded slaying of the dead man's favourite wives , to live with him in the other world , a practice still in vogue among the Chevas of the Zambesi district , and ...
... Africa , accounts of the same class begin in Congo and Angola with the recorded slaying of the dead man's favourite wives , to live with him in the other world , a practice still in vogue among the Chevas of the Zambesi district , and ...
Page 201
... Africa , manes - worship appears with extremest definiteness and strength . Thus Zulu warriors , aided by the'amatongo , ' the spirits of their ancestors , conquer in the battle ; but if the dead turn their backs on the living , the ...
... Africa , manes - worship appears with extremest definiteness and strength . Thus Zulu warriors , aided by the'amatongo , ' the spirits of their ancestors , conquer in the battle ; but if the dead turn their backs on the living , the ...
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... Africa is as follows . Disease being possession by a spirit or ghost , the ' mganga ' or sorcerer has to expel it , the principal remedies being drumming , dancing , and drinking , till at last the spirit is enticed from the body of the ...
... Africa is as follows . Disease being possession by a spirit or ghost , the ' mganga ' or sorcerer has to expel it , the principal remedies being drumming , dancing , and drinking , till at last the spirit is enticed from the body of the ...
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Africa Amazulu ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans buried CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ Castrén ceremony Christian civilized conception connexion Creator CRUZ The University Dayaks dead death deity demons divine doctrine dreams dwell earth evil feast fetish Fiji fire funeral ghosts gods Grimm Hades heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Karens Khonds land living lower races lustration Madagascar man's mankind Max Müller Meiners Mensch mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature objects offerings Ojibwa Parsi passed Peru philosophy Pinkerton polytheism prayer priest primitive religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft souls spirits stone Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory things thou thought tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Unkulunkulu Waitz worship Zealand Zeus Zulu