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Page 28
... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered unresting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting- place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
... tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered unresting till burial . In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no resting- place in earth are thought of as lingering above ground ...
Page 30
... tribes would make offerings to ancestors of part of any dainty food , and an Indian who fell by accident into the fire would believe that the spirits of his ancestors pushed him in for neglecting to make due offerings.1 The minds of the ...
... tribes would make offerings to ancestors of part of any dainty food , and an Indian who fell by accident into the fire would believe that the spirits of his ancestors pushed him in for neglecting to make due offerings.1 The minds of the ...
Page 31
... tribes , the Bodo of North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly pre- sents it ...
... tribes , the Bodo of North - East India thus celebrate the last funeral rites . The friends repair to the grave , and the nearest of kin to the deceased , taking an individual's usual portion of food and drink , solemnly pre- sents it ...
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... tribes of Assam celebrate their funeral feasts month by month , laying food and drink on the graves of the departed . In the same region of the world , the Kol tribes of Chota Nagpur are remarkable for their pathetic reverence for their ...
... tribes of Assam celebrate their funeral feasts month by month , laying food and drink on the graves of the departed . In the same region of the world , the Kol tribes of Chota Nagpur are remarkable for their pathetic reverence for their ...
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... tribes , accounts are not unusual of men whose spirits , travelling in dreams or in the hallucinations of extreme illness to the land of the dead , have returned to reanimate their bodies , and tell what they have seen . 1 See for ...
... tribes , accounts are not unusual of men whose spirits , travelling in dreams or in the hallucinations of extreme illness to the land of the dead , have returned to reanimate their bodies , and tell what they have seen . 1 See for ...
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