Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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Page 247
... Indian ; ' 40 , acciachè itòto , two Indians ; ' thence on to 60 , 80 , 100 , ' three , four , five Indians , ' and beyond if needful . South America is remarkably rich in such evi- dence of an early condition of finger - counting ...
... Indian ; ' 40 , acciachè itòto , two Indians ; ' thence on to 60 , 80 , 100 , ' three , four , five Indians , ' and beyond if needful . South America is remarkably rich in such evi- dence of an early condition of finger - counting ...
Page 306
... Indian prophetess once related the story of her first vision : At her solitary fast at womanhood she fell into an ecstasy , and at the call of the spirits she went up to heaven by the path that leads to the opening of the sky ; there ...
... Indian prophetess once related the story of her first vision : At her solitary fast at womanhood she fell into an ecstasy , and at the call of the spirits she went up to heaven by the path that leads to the opening of the sky ; there ...
Page 345
... Indian myth of the Red Swan . The story belongs to the Algonquin race . The hunter Ojibwa had just killed a bear and begun to skin him , when suddenly something red tinged all the air around . Reaching the shore of a lake , the Indian ...
... Indian myth of the Red Swan . The story belongs to the Algonquin race . The hunter Ojibwa had just killed a bear and begun to skin him , when suddenly something red tinged all the air around . Reaching the shore of a lake , the Indian ...
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