Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom, Volume 2Murray, 1871 |
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Page vii
... East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and structure of temple- Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to sym- bolic purification ; its connexion with special events of life ; its ap- pearance ...
... East and West as to burial of dead , position of worship , and structure of temple- Lustration by Water and Fire : its transition from material to sym- bolic purification ; its connexion with special events of life ; its ap- pearance ...
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... East , ' vol . i . p . 181 . 3 Hunter , ' Rural Bengal , ' p . 210. See also Shaw in ' As . Res . ' vol . iv . p . 46 ( Rajmahal tribes ) . Abraham Roger , 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . çarîrajaih ...
... East , ' vol . i . p . 181 . 3 Hunter , ' Rural Bengal , ' p . 210. See also Shaw in ' As . Res . ' vol . iv . p . 46 ( Rajmahal tribes ) . Abraham Roger , 5 Manu , xii . 9 : " ' La Porte Ouverte , ' Amst . 1670 , p . 107 . çarîrajaih ...
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... East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the " old people , " he can reply that " they are ended , " yet at the same time he fully admits that their ghosts survive.1 In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ...
... East African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the " old people , " he can reply that " they are ended , " yet at the same time he fully admits that their ghosts survive.1 In an account of the religious ideas of the Zulus ...
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... East Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the grave for the " koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In West Africa the Efik cook food and leave Charlevoix , ' Nouvelle France , ' vol . vi ...
... East Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the grave for the " koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In West Africa the Efik cook food and leave Charlevoix , ' Nouvelle France , ' vol . vi ...
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... East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deccased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly presents it to the dead with these words ...
... East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deccased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly presents it to the dead with these words ...
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