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Bring him hither of the food , of the full fatness , that is the food for a youth who
thinks , speaks , and does good , who is devoted to the good law after death —
that is the food for a woman who especially thinks good , speaks good , does
good ...
Bring him hither of the food , of the full fatness , that is the food for a youth who
thinks , speaks , and does good , who is devoted to the good law after death —
that is the food for a woman who especially thinks good , speaks good , does
good ...
Page 118
Among the Chinese , manes . worship is no rite of mere affection . The living want
the help of the ancestral spirits , who reward virtue and punish vice : “ The exalted
1 Bastian , ' Oestl . Asien . ' vol . iii . p . 250 . ancestor will bring thee , O Prince ...
Among the Chinese , manes . worship is no rite of mere affection . The living want
the help of the ancestral spirits , who reward virtue and punish vice : “ The exalted
1 Bastian , ' Oestl . Asien . ' vol . iii . p . 250 . ancestor will bring thee , O Prince ...
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ancestor will bring thee , O Prince , much good ! ” — “ Ancestors and fathers will
abandon you and give you up , and come not to help , and ye will die . ” If no help
comes in time of need , the Chinese will reproach his ancestor , or even come to
...
ancestor will bring thee , O Prince , much good ! ” — “ Ancestors and fathers will
abandon you and give you up , and come not to help , and ye will die . ” If no help
comes in time of need , the Chinese will reproach his ancestor , or even come to
...
Page 133
So , with furious , dancing to the music and chanting of the attendants , the Bodo
priest brings on the fit of maniacal inspiration in which the deity fills him and gives
oracles through him . 3 In Kamchatka the female shamans , when Billukai came ...
So , with furious , dancing to the music and chanting of the attendants , the Bodo
priest brings on the fit of maniacal inspiration in which the deity fills him and gives
oracles through him . 3 In Kamchatka the female shamans , when Billukai came ...
Page 149
... transferring it to a crawfish or a bird , or of getting rid of ague or gout or warts by
giving them to a willow , elder , fir , or ash - tree , with suitable charms , “ Goe
morgen , olde , ick geef oe de Kolde , ” “ Goden Abend , Herr Fleder , hier bring
ick ...
... transferring it to a crawfish or a bird , or of getting rid of ague or gout or warts by
giving them to a willow , elder , fir , or ash - tree , with suitable charms , “ Goe
morgen , olde , ick geef oe de Kolde , ” “ Goden Abend , Herr Fleder , hier bring
ick ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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