Primitive Culture, Volume 2Harper, 1958 - Animism |
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Page 336
... gods , whom they worship ; among these ' edrõ ' are the patron - deities of men and families and tribes ; through these subordinate beings works the highest god , Mawu . The missionary who describes this negro hierarchy quite simply ...
... gods , whom they worship ; among these ' edrõ ' are the patron - deities of men and families and tribes ; through these subordinate beings works the highest god , Mawu . The missionary who describes this negro hierarchy quite simply ...
Page 340
... gods and Rain - gods ; the Aztec Tonatiuh with the Greek Apollo , in so far as both are Sun - gods ; the Australian Baiame with the Scandinavian Thor , in so far as both are Thunder - gods . The present purpose of dis- playing ...
... gods and Rain - gods ; the Aztec Tonatiuh with the Greek Apollo , in so far as both are Sun - gods ; the Australian Baiame with the Scandinavian Thor , in so far as both are Thunder - gods . The present purpose of dis- playing ...
Page 436
... god or Sun - god , in giving to him supremacy above the manes - gods and nature - gods , and all spiritual powers.1 Among the Kol tribes of Bengal , the acknowledged primate of all classes of divinities is the beneficient supreme deity ...
... god or Sun - god , in giving to him supremacy above the manes - gods and nature - gods , and all spiritual powers.1 Among the Kol tribes of Bengal , the acknowledged primate of all classes of divinities is the beneficient supreme deity ...
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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