Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... comes more clearly into view among the more civilized races who have worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical schemes of retribution , where the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is almost as manifest to the modern ...
... comes more clearly into view among the more civilized races who have worked out the idea of transmigration into ethical schemes of retribution , where the appropriateness of the creatures chosen is almost as manifest to the modern ...
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... comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the moon ; And the moon comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the stars ; And the stars come forth , go down , and come again : He made man ; And man comes forth , goes ...
... comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the moon ; And the moon comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the stars ; And the stars come forth , go down , and come again : He made man ; And man comes forth , goes ...
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... come as too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in human life . Far from a life after death being held by ...
... come as too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in human life . Far from a life after death being held by ...
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... come to harm , and die the other death where there is nothing left , and this is to them the dolefullest 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 ...
... come to harm , and die the other death where there is nothing left , and this is to them the dolefullest 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 ...
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... comes back for judgment into the body of the later Israelite and the Moslem ; it inhabits , as a divine ancestral spirit , the palace - tombs of the old classic and new Asiatic world ; it is kept down by the huge cairn raised over ...
... comes back for judgment into the body of the later Israelite and the Moslem ; it inhabits , as a divine ancestral spirit , the palace - tombs of the old classic and new Asiatic world ; it is kept down by the huge cairn raised over ...
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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