Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... North 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 ...
... North 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 ...
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... North 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 ...
... North 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 ...
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... North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly pre- sents it to the dead with these ...
... North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly pre- sents it to the dead with these ...
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... North Asia , the Chu- wash put food and napkins on the grave , saying , “ Rise at night and eat your fill , and there ye have napkins to wipe your mouths ! " while the Cheremiss simply said , " That is for you , ye dead , there ye have ...
... North Asia , the Chu- wash put food and napkins on the grave , saying , “ Rise at night and eat your fill , and there ye have napkins to wipe your mouths ! " while the Cheremiss simply said , " That is for you , ye dead , there ye have ...
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... North Bengal every year at harvest - home offer fruits and a fowl to deceased parents ; the Barea of East Africa celebrate in November the feast of Thiyot , at once a feast of general peace and merry - making , of thanks- giving for the ...
... North Bengal every year at harvest - home offer fruits and a fowl to deceased parents ; the Barea of East Africa celebrate in November the feast of Thiyot , at once a feast of general peace and merry - making , of thanks- giving for the ...
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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