Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a problem for which also the evidence available does not seem suffi- cient . In discussing the closely allied doctrine of metem- psychosis , I have described the theory of the soul's ...
... America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a problem for which also the evidence available does not seem suffi- cient . In discussing the closely allied doctrine of metem- psychosis , I have described the theory of the soul's ...
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... America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred , and accom ...
... America the Chickasaws believed that the spirits of the dead in their bodily shape moved about among the living in great joy ; as the Aleutian islanders fancied the souls of the departed walking unseen among their kindred , and accom ...
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... America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and " unless the rites of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a time upon the earth , in a state of great unhappiness . Hence their ...
... America the spirit also stays near the body for a time , and " unless the rites of burial were performed , it was believed that the spirits of the dead hovered for a time upon the earth , in a state of great unhappiness . Hence their ...
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... America , among Algonquins who held that one of a man's two souls abides with the body after death , the provisions brought to the grave were intended for the nourishment of this soul ; tribes would make offerings to ancestors of part ...
... America , among Algonquins who held that one of a man's two souls abides with the body after death , the provisions brought to the grave were intended for the nourishment of this soul ; tribes would make offerings to ancestors of part ...
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... America , Algon- quin Indians considered that the shadow - like souls of the dead can still eat and drink , often even telling Father Le Jeune that they had found in the morning meat gnawed in the night by the souls . More recently , we ...
... America , Algon- quin Indians considered that the shadow - like souls of the dead can still eat and drink , often even telling Father Le Jeune that they had found in the morning meat gnawed in the night by the souls . More recently , we ...
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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