Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 23
... thing of all . Thus the Fijians tell of the fight which the ghost of a departed warrior must wage with the soul - killing Samu and his brethren ; this is the contest for which the dead man is armed by burying the war - club with his ...
... thing of all . Thus the Fijians tell of the fight which the ghost of a departed warrior must wage with the soul - killing Samu and his brethren ; this is the contest for which the dead man is armed by burying the war - club with his ...
Page 25
... things belonging to the dead , there are cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 ; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 3 2 appears that the place is simply ...
... things belonging to the dead , there are cases where it 1 Schoolcraft , Indian Tribes , ' part i . p . 310 ; Bastian , ' Psychologie , ' pp . 111 , 193 ; Doolittle , ' Chinese , ' vol . i . p . 235 . 3 2 appears that the place is simply ...
Page 41
... things in the food , one the substance , and the other the accidents of quantity , quality , smell , taste , and the like . The im- material souls of the dead , taking for themselves the sub- stance of the food , which being immaterial ...
... things in the food , one the substance , and the other the accidents of quantity , quality , smell , taste , and the like . The im- material souls of the dead , taking for themselves the sub- stance of the food , which being immaterial ...
Page 50
... things are as here above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed on earth and come to life anew . The Zulu Umpengula , who told ...
... things are as here above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed on earth and come to life anew . The Zulu Umpengula , who told ...
Page 54
... things he had heard before but not believed ; but when he was set before the ruler there presiding , he sent him back , saying that it was this Stephen's neighbour— Stephen the smith - whom he had commanded to be brought ; and ...
... things he had heard before but not believed ; but when he was set before the ruler there presiding , he sent him back , saying that it was this Stephen's neighbour— Stephen the smith - whom he had commanded to be brought ; and ...
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