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Page 88
... received him with music and dance to escort him on his western way . In such wise , to the old Norseman , to die the straw - death ' of sickness or old age was to go down into the dismal loathly house of Hela the Death- goddess ; if the ...
... received him with music and dance to escort him on his western way . In such wise , to the old Norseman , to die the straw - death ' of sickness or old age was to go down into the dismal loathly house of Hela the Death- goddess ; if the ...
Page 100
... received the sanction of Christianity . A broad survey of the doctrine of the Future Life among the various nations of the world shows at once how difficult and how important is a systematic theory of its develop- ment . Looked at ...
... received the sanction of Christianity . A broad survey of the doctrine of the Future Life among the various nations of the world shows at once how difficult and how important is a systematic theory of its develop- ment . Looked at ...
Page 113
... receiving suit and service from them as of old ; the dead chief still watches over his own tribe , still holds his authority by helping friends and harming enemies , still rewards the right and sharply punishes the wrong . It will be ...
... receiving suit and service from them as of old ; the dead chief still watches over his own tribe , still holds his authority by helping friends and harming enemies , still rewards the right and sharply punishes the wrong . It will be ...
Page 114
... receiving from the islanders prayer and offerings of first fruits . Nor are the fairer Polynesians behind in this respect . Below the great mythological gods of Tonga and New Zealand , the souls of chiefs and warriors form a lower but ...
... receiving from the islanders prayer and offerings of first fruits . Nor are the fairer Polynesians behind in this respect . Below the great mythological gods of Tonga and New Zealand , the souls of chiefs and warriors form a lower but ...
Page 120
... receiving from them reverence and prayer , thus coming strictly under the defini- tion of manes . This Christian cultus of the dead , belonging in principle to the older manes - worship , was adapted to answer another purpose in the ...
... receiving from them reverence and prayer , thus coming strictly under the defini- tion of manes . This Christian cultus of the dead , belonging in principle to the older manes - worship , was adapted to answer another purpose in the ...
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