Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... Iroquois War - god seems to be himself the , great celestial deity ; for his pleasant food they slaughtered human victims , that he might give them victory over their enemies ; as a pleasant sight for him they tortured the war ...
... Iroquois War - god seems to be himself the , great celestial deity ; for his pleasant food they slaughtered human victims , that he might give them victory over their enemies ; as a pleasant sight for him they tortured the war ...
Page 317
... Iroquois tribes , gives the following suggestive particulars , dating from 1794 . They ( the Indians ) seem to have had no idea of the Devil , as the Prince of Darkness , before the Europeans came into the country . They consider him ...
... Iroquois tribes , gives the following suggestive particulars , dating from 1794 . They ( the Indians ) seem to have had no idea of the Devil , as the Prince of Darkness , before the Europeans came into the country . They consider him ...
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... Iroquois myth of the Twin Brethren . The current version of this legend is that set down in 1825 by the Christian chief of the Tus- caroras , David Cusick , as the belief of his people . Among the ancients , he relates , there were two ...
... Iroquois myth of the Twin Brethren . The current version of this legend is that set down in 1825 by the Christian chief of the Tus- caroras , David Cusick , as the belief of his people . Among the ancients , he relates , there were two ...
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... Tribes , ' part v . p . 632 ; see part i . p . 316 , part vi . p . 166 ; Iroquois , ' p . 36 , see 237 ; Brinton , Myths of New World , ' follows : Aataentsic the Moon fell from heaven on earth p . 63 . 322 ANIMISM .
... Tribes , ' part v . p . 632 ; see part i . p . 316 , part vi . p . 166 ; Iroquois , ' p . 36 , see 237 ; Brinton , Myths of New World , ' follows : Aataentsic the Moon fell from heaven on earth p . 63 . 322 ANIMISM .
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... Iroquois deity , Neo or Hawa- neu , the pre - existent creator , has been triumphantly adduced to show the monotheism underlying the native creeds of America . But Dr. Brinton considers this divinity as derived from Christian ...
... Iroquois deity , Neo or Hawa- neu , the pre - existent creator , has been triumphantly adduced to show the monotheism underlying the native creeds of America . But Dr. Brinton considers this divinity as derived from Christian ...
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