Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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Page 18
... look unaccountable enough till one has seen the intermediate stages through which they came down from the more serviceable wide collars , such as Milton wears in his portrait , and which gave their name to the ' band - box ' they used ...
... look unaccountable enough till one has seen the intermediate stages through which they came down from the more serviceable wide collars , such as Milton wears in his portrait , and which gave their name to the ' band - box ' they used ...
Page 98
... look on me with favour ! ' Sneezing reminds a man that he should name the Itongo ( ancestral spirit ) of his people without delay , because it is the Itongo which causes him to sneeze , that he may perceive by sneezing that the Itongo ...
... look on me with favour ! ' Sneezing reminds a man that he should name the Itongo ( ancestral spirit ) of his people without delay , because it is the Itongo which causes him to sneeze , that he may perceive by sneezing that the Itongo ...
Page 311
... Look , look , he is turning himself into a hyæna . ' Mr. Coffin instantly looked round , the young man had vanished , and a large hyæna was running off at about a hundred paces ' distance , in full light on the open plain , without tree ...
... Look , look , he is turning himself into a hyæna . ' Mr. Coffin instantly looked round , the young man had vanished , and a large hyæna was running off at about a hundred paces ' distance , in full light on the open plain , without tree ...
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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