Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... nature is not full of incoherent episodes , like a bad tragedy . They agree with Leibnitz in what he calls ' my axiom , that nature never acts by leaps ( la nature n'agit jamais par saut ) , ' as well as in his ' great principle ...
... nature is not full of incoherent episodes , like a bad tragedy . They agree with Leibnitz in what he calls ' my axiom , that nature never acts by leaps ( la nature n'agit jamais par saut ) , ' as well as in his ' great principle ...
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... Nature - myths , their origin , canon of interpretation , preservation of original sense and significant names - Nature - myths of upper savage races com- pared with related forms among barbaric and civilized nations - Heaven and Earth ...
... Nature - myths , their origin , canon of interpretation , preservation of original sense and significant names - Nature - myths of upper savage races com- pared with related forms among barbaric and civilized nations - Heaven and Earth ...
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... nature ? Without any attempt to discuss these opinions at large , it will be seen that in- spection of nature - mythology from the present point of view tells in their favour , at least as to principle . The general theory that such ...
... nature ? Without any attempt to discuss these opinions at large , it will be seen that in- spection of nature - mythology from the present point of view tells in their favour , at least as to principle . The general theory that such ...
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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