Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... land ; as Africans think that souls of the dead dwell in their midst , and eat with them at meal times ; as Chinese pay their respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; so multi- tudes in Europe and America live in ...
... land ; as Africans think that souls of the dead dwell in their midst , and eat with them at meal times ; as Chinese pay their respects to kindred spirits present in the hall of ancestors ; so multi- tudes in Europe and America live in ...
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... land of the dead , but of infants , of such as died by violence , of the wicked , and of those who by accident have not been buried or burned ; the Siamese fear as unkindly spirits the souls of such as died a violent death or were not ...
... land of the dead , but of infants , of such as died by violence , of the wicked , and of those who by accident have not been buried or burned ; the Siamese fear as unkindly spirits the souls of such as died a violent death or were not ...
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... land , the ghost accompanies its relics . The soul stays near the Polynesian or the American Indian burial- place ; it dwells among the twigs and listens joyfully to the singing birds in the trees where Siberian tribes suspend their ...
... land , the ghost accompanies its relics . The soul stays near the Polynesian or the American Indian burial- place ; it dwells among the twigs and listens joyfully to the singing birds in the trees where Siberian tribes suspend their ...
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... land whence they had emigrated . " Details of this ancient rite are to be traced from the level of these rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its repre- sentative . He ...
... land whence they had emigrated . " Details of this ancient rite are to be traced from the level of these rude races far upward in civilization . South - East Asia is full of it , and the Chinese may stand as its repre- sentative . He ...
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... land of shades , and then is taken out to be eaten by the sacrificers . So , in more civilized Japan , when the survivors have placed 1 Borri , ' Relatione delia Nuova Missione della Comp . di Giesu , ' Rome , 1631 , p . 208 ; and in ...
... land of shades , and then is taken out to be eaten by the sacrificers . So , in more civilized Japan , when the survivors have placed 1 Borri , ' Relatione delia Nuova Missione della Comp . di Giesu , ' Rome , 1631 , p . 208 ; and 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