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Page 30
Among the funeral offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose
more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away
in some ghostly or ideal manner , or that they shall by some means be conveyed
...
Among the funeral offerings described in the last chapter , of which the purpose
more or less distinctly appears to be that the departed soul shall take them away
in some ghostly or ideal manner , or that they shall by some means be conveyed
...
Page 64
( 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 the
course of his history it seems to him needful to record a story , mythic and ...
( 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 the
course of his history it seems to him needful to record a story , mythic and ...
Page 66
The New Zealander who says “ The sun has returned to Hades ” ( kua hoki mai te
Ra ki te Rua ) , simply means that it has set . When a Samoan islander dies , the
host of spirits that surround the house , waiting to convey his soul away , set out ...
The New Zealander who says “ The sun has returned to Hades ” ( kua hoki mai te
Ra ki te Rua ) , simply means that it has set . When a Samoan islander dies , the
host of spirits that surround the house , waiting to convey his soul away , set out ...
Page 80
Ku - to - men , or Deadman ' s land , the Dahoman ' s other but not better world , is
a country of ghosts , of umbrĉ , who , like the spirits of the nineteenth century in
Europe , lead a quiet life , except when by means of mediums they are drawn ...
Ku - to - men , or Deadman ' s land , the Dahoman ' s other but not better world , is
a country of ghosts , of umbrĉ , who , like the spirits of the nineteenth century in
Europe , lead a quiet life , except when by means of mediums they are drawn ...
Page 81
Like the rude African of to - day , the swiftfooted Achilles scorns such poor , thin ,
shadowy life ; rather would he serve a mean man upon earth than be lord of all
the dead . “ Truly , oxen and goodly sheep may be taken for booty , Tripods , too ...
Like the rude African of to - day , the swiftfooted Achilles scorns such poor , thin ,
shadowy life ; rather would he serve a mean man upon earth than be lord of all
the dead . “ Truly , oxen and goodly sheep may be taken for booty , Tripods , too ...
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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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