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Page 69
... moon as abodes of departed souls . When we have learnt from the rude Natchez of the Mississippi and the Apalaches of Florida that the sun is the bright dwelling of departed chiefs and braves , and have traced like thoughts on into the ...
... moon as abodes of departed souls . When we have learnt from the rude Natchez of the Mississippi and the Apalaches of Florida that the sun is the bright dwelling of departed chiefs and braves , and have traced like thoughts on into the ...
Page 70
... moon , and there are crowned as victors . The converse notion of the moon as the seat of hell , has been elaborated in profoundest bathos by Mr. M. F. Tupper : ' I know thee well , O Moon , thou cavern'd realm , Sad Satellite , thou ...
... moon , and there are crowned as victors . The converse notion of the moon as the seat of hell , has been elaborated in profoundest bathos by Mr. M. F. Tupper : ' I know thee well , O Moon , thou cavern'd realm , Sad Satellite , thou ...
Page 71
... moon , and stars , and outside which dwell the people of heaven ; the modern negro's belief that there is a firmament stretched above like a cloth or web ; the Finnish poem which tells how Ilmarinen forged the firmament of finest steel ...
... moon , and stars , and outside which dwell the people of heaven ; the modern negro's belief that there is a firmament stretched above like a cloth or web ; the Finnish poem which tells how Ilmarinen forged the firmament of finest steel ...
Page 119
... moon , rice boiled in milk , honey and ghee . ' Offerings made to the divine manes , the ' pitaras ' ( patres , fathers ) as they are called , preceded and followed by offerings to the greater deities , give to the worshipper merit 1 ...
... moon , rice boiled in milk , honey and ghee . ' Offerings made to the divine manes , the ' pitaras ' ( patres , fathers ) as they are called , preceded and followed by offerings to the greater deities , give to the worshipper merit 1 ...
Page 152
... moon , in fact lunatic , it danced about convulsively like a table or a hat at a modern spirit - séance.1 Among the Salish Indians of Oregon , the conjurers bring back men's lost souls as little stones or bones or splinters , and ...
... moon , in fact lunatic , it danced about convulsively like a table or a hat at a modern spirit - séance.1 Among the Salish Indians of Oregon , the conjurers bring back men's lost souls as little stones or bones or splinters , and ...
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