Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 67
... stone that closed the mouth of the world below , was moved away on certain solemn days , the ghosts of the dead came up to the world above , and partook of the offerings of their friends.3 Among the Greeks , the land of Hades was in the ...
... stone that closed the mouth of the world below , was moved away on certain solemn days , the ghosts of the dead came up to the world above , and partook of the offerings of their friends.3 Among the Greeks , the land of Hades was in the ...
Page 93
... stones below and its canopy of snakes above . But the same critic condemns this moral " tag , " as a later addition to the genuine heathen picture of Manala , the under - world of the dead . Nor did Christianity scorn to borrow details ...
... stones below and its canopy of snakes above . But the same critic condemns this moral " tag , " as a later addition to the genuine heathen picture of Manala , the under - world of the dead . Nor did Christianity scorn to borrow details ...
Page 108
... Stone Worship - Idolatry -Survival of Animistic Phraseology in modern Language - Decline of Animistic theory of Nature . THE general scheme of Animism , of which the doctrine of souls hitherto discussed forms part , thence expands to ...
... Stone Worship - Idolatry -Survival of Animistic Phraseology in modern Language - Decline of Animistic theory of Nature . THE general scheme of Animism , of which the doctrine of souls hitherto discussed forms part , thence expands to ...
Page 114
... stone slab or altar , 1 J. G. Müller , ' Amer . Urrel . ' pp . 73 , 173 , 209 , 261 ; Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 39 , part iii . p . 237 ; Waitz , Anthropologie , ' vol . iii . pp . 191 , 204 . " 2 Backhouse ...
... stone slab or altar , 1 J. G. Müller , ' Amer . Urrel . ' pp . 73 , 173 , 209 , 261 ; Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 39 , part iii . p . 237 ; Waitz , Anthropologie , ' vol . iii . pp . 191 , 204 . " 2 Backhouse ...
Page 115
... stone or pluck a twig from one of these graves , to stumble against one in the dark , would be resented by the angry Vazimba inflicting disease , or coming in the night to carry off the offender to the region of ghosts . The Malagasy is ...
... stone or pluck a twig from one of these graves , to stumble against one in the dark , would be resented by the angry Vazimba inflicting disease , or coming in the night to carry off the offender to the region of ghosts . The Malagasy is ...
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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