Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 33
... carry offerings to the tombs of their forefathers in the old land whence they had emigrated . " Details of this ancient rite are to be traced from the level of these rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of ...
... carry offerings to the tombs of their forefathers in the old land whence they had emigrated . " Details of this ancient rite are to be traced from the level of these rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of ...
Page 34
... carrying on the ancient rites : " Their sacrifices indeed ye have turned into love - feasts , their idols into martyrs whom with like vows ye 1 Doolittle , Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 173 , etc .; vol . ii . p . 91 , etc .; Meiners , vol ...
... carrying on the ancient rites : " Their sacrifices indeed ye have turned into love - feasts , their idols into martyrs whom with like vows ye 1 Doolittle , Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 173 , etc .; vol . ii . p . 91 , etc .; Meiners , vol ...
Page 37
... carried out the work to the efficacy of which he had received such perfect spiritual testimony , by decreeing that Nov. 2 , the day after All Saints ' , should be set apart for services for the departed . those revivals which have so ...
... carried out the work to the efficacy of which he had received such perfect spiritual testimony , by decreeing that Nov. 2 , the day after All Saints ' , should be set apart for services for the departed . those revivals which have so ...
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... carry off the grain.1 Such rites as these are especially exposed to dwindle in survival . The offerings of meals and feasts to the dead may be traced at their last stage into mere traditional ceremonies , at most tokens of affectionate ...
... carry off the grain.1 Such rites as these are especially exposed to dwindle in survival . The offerings of meals and feasts to the dead may be traced at their last stage into mere traditional ceremonies , at most tokens of affectionate ...
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... carried through . Low races and high , in region after region , can point out the very spot whence the flitting souls start to travel toward their new home . At the extreme western cape of Vanua Levu , a calm and solemn place of cliff ...
... carried through . Low races and high , in region after region , can point out the very spot whence the flitting souls start to travel toward their new home . At the extreme western cape of Vanua Levu , a calm and solemn place of cliff ...
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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