Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 166
... Heaven - god forming the " bætyls , animated stones ” ( θεὸς Οὐρανὸς Βαιτύλια , λίθους ἐμψύχους , μηχανησάμενος ) perhaps refers to meteorites or supposed thunderbolts fallen from the clouds . To the old Phoenician religion , which ...
... Heaven - god forming the " bætyls , animated stones ” ( θεὸς Οὐρανὸς Βαιτύλια , λίθους ἐμψύχους , μηχανησάμενος ) perhaps refers to meteorites or supposed thunderbolts fallen from the clouds . To the old Phoenician religion , which ...
Page 205
... Heaven - god . But part or all of them are connected with material objects , and the negro can say , " In this river , or tree , or amulet , there is a wong . " But he more usually says , " This river , or tree , or amulet is a wong ...
... Heaven - god . But part or all of them are connected with material objects , and the negro can say , " In this river , or tree , or amulet , there is a wong . " But he more usually says , " This river , or tree , or amulet is a wong ...
Page 227
... Heaven - god ; the old Prussians venerated the holy oak of Romowe , with its drapery and images of the gods , standing in the midst of the sacred inviolate forest where no twig might be broken nor beast slain ; and so on down to the ...
... Heaven - god ; the old Prussians venerated the holy oak of Romowe , with its drapery and images of the gods , standing in the midst of the sacred inviolate forest where no twig might be broken nor beast slain ; and so on down to the ...
Page 228
... Heaven - god , and builds of the timber a chapel to St. Peter . Amator expos- tulated with the hunters who hung the heads of wild beasts to the boughs of the sacred pear - tree of Auxerre , “ Hoc opus idololatriæ culturæ est , non ...
... Heaven - god , and builds of the timber a chapel to St. Peter . Amator expos- tulated with the hunters who hung the heads of wild beasts to the boughs of the sacred pear - tree of Auxerre , “ Hoc opus idololatriæ culturæ est , non ...
Page 247
... Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god -- Wind - god - Earth - god - Water- god - Sea - god - Fire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god . SURVEYING the religions of the world and studying the descriptions of deity among race after race ...
... Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god -- Wind - god - Earth - god - Water- god - Sea - god - Fire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god . SURVEYING the religions of the world and studying the descriptions of deity among race after race ...
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