Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... course what its prehistoric course may have been , is a theory clearly en- titled to precedence as a fundamental principle of ethno- graphic research . Gibbon in his Roman Empire ' expresses in a few vigorous sentences his theory of the ...
... course what its prehistoric course may have been , is a theory clearly en- titled to precedence as a fundamental principle of ethno- graphic research . Gibbon in his Roman Empire ' expresses in a few vigorous sentences his theory of the ...
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... course of degeneration , at once cuts the hard knot of the origin of culture . It takes for granted a supernatural ... course the progression - theory recog- nizes degradation , and the degradation - theory recognizes progression , as ...
... course of degeneration , at once cuts the hard knot of the origin of culture . It takes for granted a supernatural ... course the progression - theory recog- nizes degradation , and the degradation - theory recognizes progression , as ...
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... course of culture . I will venture to set forth in mythic fashion how progress , aberration , and retrogression in the general course of culture contrast themselves in my own mind . We may fancy ourselves looking on Civilization , as in ...
... course of culture . I will venture to set forth in mythic fashion how progress , aberration , and retrogression in the general course of culture contrast themselves in my own mind . We may fancy ourselves looking on Civilization , as in ...
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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