Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... instances will serve to make it probable that this ingenious device was not , at any rate generally , copied from one ... instance , the numerals 5 or 10 are found to be connected with words for ' hand , ' & c . COUNTING BY FINGERS AND ...
... instances will serve to make it probable that this ingenious device was not , at any rate generally , copied from one ... instance , the numerals 5 or 10 are found to be connected with words for ' hand , ' & c . COUNTING BY FINGERS AND ...
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... instances . The relation of single , dual , and plural is well shown pictorially in the Egyptian hieroglyphics , where the picture of an object , a horse for instance , is marked by a single line if but one is meant , by two lines if ...
... instances . The relation of single , dual , and plural is well shown pictorially in the Egyptian hieroglyphics , where the picture of an object , a horse for instance , is marked by a single line if but one is meant , by two lines if ...
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... instance , classical literature retained enough of meaning in the great Greek sun - myth , to compel even Lempriere of the Classical Dictionary to admit that Apollo or Phœbus is often con- founded with the sun . ' For another instance ...
... instance , classical literature retained enough of meaning in the great Greek sun - myth , to compel even Lempriere of the Classical Dictionary to admit that Apollo or Phœbus is often con- founded with the sun . ' For another instance ...
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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