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Page 40
What lay on the ground was not picked up , but was left for friendless and kinless
souls . When the meal was over , the priest rose from table , swept out the house ,
and hunted out the souls of the dead “ like fleas , ” with these words , “ Ye have ...
What lay on the ground was not picked up , but was left for friendless and kinless
souls . When the meal was over , the priest rose from table , swept out the house ,
and hunted out the souls of the dead “ like fleas , ” with these words , “ Ye have ...
Page 49
The Red Indian visits his happy hunting - grounds , the Tongan his shadowy
island of Bolotu , the Greek enters Hades and looks on the Elysian Fields , the
Christian beholds the heights of Heaven and the depths of Hell . Among the
North ...
The Red Indian visits his happy hunting - grounds , the Tongan his shadowy
island of Bolotu , the Greek enters Hades and looks on the Elysian Fields , the
Christian beholds the heights of Heaven and the depths of Hell . Among the
North ...
Page 50
The Zulus of our own day tell of men who have gone down by holes in the ground
into the underworld , where mountains and rivers and all things are as here
above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages ...
The Zulus of our own day tell of men who have gone down by holes in the ground
into the underworld , where mountains and rivers and all things are as here
above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages ...
Page 72
... worship Tamoi the Grandfather , the Ancient of Heaven ; he was their first
ancestor , who lived among them in old days and taught them to till the ground ;
then rising to heaven in the East he disappeared , having promised to be the
helper of ...
... worship Tamoi the Grandfather , the Ancient of Heaven ; he was their first
ancestor , who lived among them in old days and taught them to till the ground ;
then rising to heaven in the East he disappeared , having promised to be the
helper of ...
Page 77
... 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 thornless lotus - trees and bananas loaded to the ground , feasting on
the ...
... 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 thornless lotus - trees and bananas loaded to the ground , feasting on
the ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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