Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 32
... man's favourite haunts , to the fields he cultivated , to the grove he planted , to the threshing - floor where he worked , to the village dance - room where he made merry . At last they are taken to the grave , and buried in an earthen ...
... man's favourite haunts , to the fields he cultivated , to the grove he planted , to the threshing - floor where he worked , to the village dance - room where he made merry . At last they are taken to the grave , and buried in an earthen ...
Page 40
... man's side , and some also with him in the grave . The idea is well displayed among the natives in Mexican districts , where the souls who come to the annual feast are described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them ...
... man's side , and some also with him in the grave . The idea is well displayed among the natives in Mexican districts , where the souls who come to the annual feast are described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them ...
Page 44
... man's soul from the world of living men , its journey to the distant land of spirits , the life it will lead in its new home , are topics on which the lower races for the most part hold explicit doctrines . When these fall under the ...
... man's soul from the world of living men , its journey to the distant land of spirits , the life it will lead in its new home , are topics on which the lower races for the most part hold explicit doctrines . When these fall under the ...
Page 48
... Man's life in dawning beauty , in mid - day glory , in evening death , that mythic fancy even fixed the belief in the religions of the world , that the Land of Departed Souls lies in the Far West or the World Below . How deeply the myth ...
... Man's life in dawning beauty , in mid - day glory , in evening death , that mythic fancy even fixed the belief in the religions of the world , that the Land of Departed Souls lies in the Far West or the World Below . How deeply the myth ...
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... man's self went , but whether in body or in spirit is a mere detail of which the story keeps no record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body behind in ecstasy , sleep , coma , or death . Some of ...
... man's self went , but whether in body or in spirit is a mere detail of which the story keeps no record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body behind in ecstasy , sleep , coma , or death . Some of ...
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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