Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 152
... ceremonies in vogue in China , of bringing home in a cock ( live or artificial ) the spirit of a man deceased in a distant place , and of enticing into a sick man's coat the departing spirit which has already left his body , and so ...
... ceremonies in vogue in China , of bringing home in a cock ( live or artificial ) the spirit of a man deceased in a distant place , and of enticing into a sick man's coat the departing spirit which has already left his body , and so ...
Page 178
... ceremony of the " adhivâsa " or inhabitation , after which he puts in the eyes and the " prâna , " i . e . , breath , life , or soul . Nowhere , perhaps , in the wide history of religion , can we find definitions more full and absolute ...
... ceremony of the " adhivâsa " or inhabitation , after which he puts in the eyes and the " prâna , " i . e . , breath , life , or soul . Nowhere , perhaps , in the wide history of religion , can we find definitions more full and absolute ...
Page 195
... ceremony which is to be noticed again at a Chinese wed- ding . In Europe , the details of the use of fire to drive off demons and witches are minute and explicit . The ancient Norse colonists in Iceland carried fire round the lands they ...
... ceremony which is to be noticed again at a Chinese wed- ding . In Europe , the details of the use of fire to drive off demons and witches are minute and explicit . The ancient Norse colonists in Iceland carried fire round the lands they ...
Page 197
... ceremony of calling the dead . Boiled rice and a pot of water are placed in an inner room , and ashes sprinkled from thence to the threshold . Two relatives go to the place where the body was burnt , and walk round it beating ...
... ceremony of calling the dead . Boiled rice and a pot of water are placed in an inner room , and ashes sprinkled from thence to the threshold . Two relatives go to the place where the body was burnt , and walk round it beating ...
Page 231
... ceremony from passing into utter mockery . Thus Charlevoix de- scribes North American Indians who , when they had killed a bear , would set up its head painted with many colours , and offer it homage and praise while they performed the ...
... ceremony from passing into utter mockery . Thus Charlevoix de- scribes North American Indians who , when they had killed a bear , would set up its head painted with many colours , and offer it homage and praise while they performed 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