Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 30
... dwell till the great feast of the dead ; but meanwhile it would come and walk by night in the village , and eat the remnants in the kettles , wherefore some would not eat of these , nor touch the food 1 Charlevoix , ' Nouvelle France ...
... dwell till the great feast of the dead ; but meanwhile it would come and walk by night in the village , and eat the remnants in the kettles , wherefore some would not eat of these , nor touch the food 1 Charlevoix , ' Nouvelle France ...
Page 60
... dwell in the district indeed profess themselves Moham- medans , but they secretly maintain their old belief , and at death or funeral they enjoin the soul in solemn form to set aside the Moslem Allah , and to take the way to the ...
... dwell in the district indeed profess themselves Moham- medans , but they secretly maintain their old belief , and at death or funeral they enjoin the soul in solemn form to set aside the Moslem Allah , and to take the way to the ...
Page 63
... dwell careless in the Islands of the Happy , beside deep - eddying Ocean-- blest heroes , for whom the grain - giving field bears , thrice blooming yearly , the honey - sweet fruit : - “ Ενθ ' ἤτοι τοὺς μὲν θανάτου τέλος ἀμφεκάλυψε Τοῖς ...
... dwell careless in the Islands of the Happy , beside deep - eddying Ocean-- blest heroes , for whom the grain - giving field bears , thrice blooming yearly , the honey - sweet fruit : - “ Ενθ ' ἤτοι τοὺς μὲν θανάτου τέλος ἀμφεκάλυψε Τοῖς ...
Page 64
... dwell three populous nations , the Angles , Frisians , and Britons . ( By Brittia , it appears , he means our Great Britain , his Britannia being the coast - land from modern Brittany to Holland , and his Thule being Scandinavia . ) In ...
... dwell three populous nations , the Angles , Frisians , and Britons . ( By Brittia , it appears , he means our Great Britain , his Britannia being the coast - land from modern Brittany to Holland , and his Thule being Scandinavia . ) In ...
Page 71
... dwell the people of heaven ; the modern negro's belief that there is a firmament stretched above like a cloth or web ; the Finnish poem which tells how Ilmarinen forged the firmament of finest steel , and set in it the moon and stars.3 ...
... dwell the people of heaven ; the modern negro's belief that there is a firmament stretched above like a cloth or web ; the Finnish poem which tells how Ilmarinen forged the firmament of finest steel , and set in it the moon and stars.3 ...
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