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Page 39
... ground in the other world.1 In Africa , again , Father Cavazzi records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the ...
... ground in the other world.1 In Africa , again , Father Cavazzi records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the ...
Page 40
... 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 ...
... 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
... 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 American Indians , and especially the ...
... 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 American Indians , and especially the ...
Page 50
... ground into the under- world , 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 , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed ...
... ground into the under- world , 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 , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed ...
Page 72
... ground ; then rising to heaven in the East he disappeared , having promised to be the helper of his people on earth , and to transport them , when they died , from the top of a sacred tree into another life , where they shall find their ...
... ground ; then rising to heaven in the East he disappeared , having promised to be the helper of his people on earth , and to transport them , when they died , from the top of a sacred tree into another life , where they shall find their ...
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