Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the " old people , " he can reply that " they are ended , " yet ... Africa , ' vol . ii . p . 345 . 4 Callaway , ' Rel . of Amazulu , ' p . 84 . theology of the Zulus , whose ghosts ...
... African is asked what becomes of his buried ancestors , the " old people , " he can reply that " they are ended , " yet ... Africa , ' vol . ii . p . 345 . 4 Callaway , ' Rel . of Amazulu , ' p . 84 . theology of the Zulus , whose ghosts ...
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... Africans think that souls of the dead dwell in their midst , and eat with them at meal times ; as Chinese pay their respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; so multi- tudes in Europe and America live in an ...
... Africans think that souls of the dead dwell in their midst , and eat with them at meal times ; as Chinese pay their respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; so multi- tudes in Europe and America live in an ...
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... Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the grave for the " koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In West Africa the Efik cook food and leave it on the table in the little shed or " devil ...
... Africa set a cocoa - nut shell full of rice and tembo near the grave for the " koma " or shade , which cannot exist without food and drink . In West Africa the Efik cook food and leave it on the table in the little shed or " devil ...
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... Africa celebrate in November the feast of Thiyot , at once a feast of general peace and merry - making , of thanks- giving for the harvest , and of memorial for the deceased , for each of whom a little pot - full of beer is set out two ...
... Africa celebrate in November the feast of Thiyot , at once a feast of general peace and merry - making , of thanks- giving for the harvest , and of memorial for the deceased , for each of whom a little pot - full of beer is set out two ...
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... Africa or the South Sea Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In Tyrol , the poor souls released from ...
... Africa or the South Sea Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In Tyrol , the poor souls released from ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu