Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... taken into account developments of science and art which tend directly against culture . To have learnt to give poison secretly and effectually , to have raised a corrupt literature to pestilent perfection , to have organized a ...
... taken into account developments of science and art which tend directly against culture . To have learnt to give poison secretly and effectually , to have raised a corrupt literature to pestilent perfection , to have organized a ...
Page 56
... taken as typical . If any of the wild roving hunting tribes now found living near the huge earthworks of the Mound - Builders are the descendants of this somewhat advanced race , then a very considerable degradation has taken place ...
... taken as typical . If any of the wild roving hunting tribes now found living near the huge earthworks of the Mound - Builders are the descendants of this somewhat advanced race , then a very considerable degradation has taken place ...
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... taken up to serve as a numeral , and is thenceforth wanted as a mere symbol , it becomes the interest of language to allow it to break down into an apparent nonsense - word , from which all traces of original etymology have disappeared ...
... taken up to serve as a numeral , and is thenceforth wanted as a mere symbol , it becomes the interest of language to allow it to break down into an apparent nonsense - word , from which all traces of original etymology have disappeared ...
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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