Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... belief in a division between happiness and misery of departed souls , by a retribution for deeds done in life , determined in a judgment after death . " All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it , " said Dr. Johnson of the ...
... belief in a division between happiness and misery of departed souls , by a retribution for deeds done in life , determined in a judgment after death . " All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it , " said Dr. Johnson of the ...
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... belief that the ghosts of such will walk . Among some Australian tribes the " ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie ...
... belief that the ghosts of such will walk . Among some Australian tribes the " ingna , " or evil spirits , human in shape , but with long tails and long upright ears , are mostly souls of departed natives , whose bodies were left to lie ...
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... beliefs the Karens say that the ghosts who wander on earth are not the spirits of those who go to Plu , the land of the dead , but of infants , of such as died by violence , of the wicked , and of those who by accident have not been ...
... beliefs the Karens say that the ghosts who wander on earth are not the spirits of those who go to Plu , the land of the dead , but of infants , of such as died by violence , of the wicked , and of those who by accident have not been ...
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... belief in disembodied souls present among the living , and from the distinct line of ethnographic continuity in which it may be traced onward from the lower to the higher culture . This is the custom of Feasts of the Dead . Among the ...
... belief in disembodied souls present among the living , and from the distinct line of ethnographic continuity in which it may be traced onward from the lower to the higher culture . This is the custom of Feasts of the Dead . Among the ...
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... belief and ceremony of full manes- worship : votive offerings are made to the " old folks " when their descendants go on a journey , and when there is sick- ness in the family it is generally they who are first pro- pitiated . Among ...
... belief and ceremony of full manes- worship : votive offerings are made to the " old folks " when their descendants go on a journey , and when there is sick- ness in the family it is generally they who are first pro- pitiated . Among ...
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