Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 71
... describe their flat earth arched over by the solid vault of heaven . Like thoughts are to be traced on through such details as the Zulu idea that the blue heaven is a rock encircling the earth , inside which are the sun , moon , and ...
... describe their flat earth arched over by the solid vault of heaven . Like thoughts are to be traced on through such details as the Zulu idea that the blue heaven is a rock encircling the earth , inside which are the sun , moon , and ...
Page 76
... describe the good land of paradise , as he had seen it in a dream . The shade of the Ojibwa follows a wide and beaten path that leads toward the West , he crosses a deep and rapid water , and reaching a country full of game and all ...
... describe the good land of paradise , as he had seen it in a dream . The shade of the Ojibwa follows a wide and beaten path that leads toward the West , he crosses a deep and rapid water , and reaching a country full of game and all ...
Page 77
... describes the faithful in the garden of delights , reclining on their couches of gold and gems , served by children ever young , with bowls of liquor whose fumes will not rise into the drinkers ' heads , living among the thorn- less ...
... describes the faithful in the garden of delights , reclining on their couches of gold and gems , served by children ever young , with bowls of liquor whose fumes will not rise into the drinkers ' heads , living among the thorn- less ...
Page 89
... describing the Society Islanders , at least gives an explicit definition . When he tried to ascertain whether they connected a person's con- 1 Alger , Future Life , ' p . 93 . 2 " Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p . 300 . a dition in a ...
... describing the Society Islanders , at least gives an explicit definition . When he tried to ascertain whether they connected a person's con- 1 Alger , Future Life , ' p . 93 . 2 " Brinton , Myths of New World , ' p . 300 . a dition in a ...
Page 105
... describe the heroes ' " souls " being cast down to Hades , but " themselves " left a prey to dogs and carrion birds . Rising to the level of the higher races , we mark the thought of future existence taking a larger and larger place in ...
... describe the heroes ' " souls " being cast down to Hades , but " themselves " left a prey to dogs and carrion birds . Rising to the level of the higher races , we mark the thought of future existence taking a larger and larger place in ...
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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