Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... appears that when in any race some branches much excel the rest in culture , this more often happens by elevation than by subsidence . But this elevation is much more apt to be produced by foreign than by native action . Civilization is ...
... appears that when in any race some branches much excel the rest in culture , this more often happens by elevation than by subsidence . But this elevation is much more apt to be produced by foreign than by native action . Civilization is ...
Page 249
... appears again , while tlactli means half , and is represented in the Mexico picture - writings by the figure of half a man from the waist upward ; thus it appears that the Aztec 10 means the hand - half ' of a man , just as among the ...
... appears again , while tlactli means half , and is represented in the Mexico picture - writings by the figure of half a man from the waist upward ; thus it appears that the Aztec 10 means the hand - half ' of a man , just as among the ...
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... appears to be in their union by common Mohammedanism , while the reckless jumble of sham history , which derives both from a Semitic source , is only too characteristic of Moslem chronicle . Among the Tatars is found a much more ...
... appears to be in their union by common Mohammedanism , while the reckless jumble of sham history , which derives both from a Semitic source , is only too characteristic of Moslem chronicle . Among the Tatars is found a much more ...
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Abipones Africa ages Amazulu America ancient animals animistic appears Archæology Archip Aryan Asien barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body called century Charlevoix Chinook Jargon civilization connexion creatures culture custom Dayaks dead death described divination doctrine dreams early earth English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral ghost Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional Islands Journ Karens Khonds language legend living lower races Malay man's mankind Maui Max Müller meaning Mensch mind modern Moon myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy Plin Polynesia primitive Quichua quinary relation religion remarkable rite rude Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems sneeze soul sound spirit stone story survival theory things thought tion Tonga traced Veddas verb vigesimal vowels Waitz words Wuttke Yoruba Zealand Zulu