Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 42
... give an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he strin- gently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of ...
... give an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he strin- gently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of ...
Page 43
... give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men , and , while respecting spiritual beings , to keep aloof from them , may be called wisdom . " It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ; they have ...
... give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men , and , while respecting spiritual beings , to keep aloof from them , may be called wisdom . " It is said that in our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ; they have ...
Page 49
... give him tidings from the other world , or he may even rise and travel thither himself , and return to tell the living what he has seen among the dead . It is sometimes as if the traveller's material body went to visit a distant land ...
... give him tidings from the other world , or he may even rise and travel thither himself , and return to tell the living what he has seen among the dead . It is sometimes as if the traveller's material body went to visit a distant land ...
Page 52
... give it to me . Had I eaten of the food for spirits , I never should have returned to earth . " Eastman , Dacotah , ' p . 177. The analogy of this with the Homeric episode of the lotus - eaters may be deep . 2 Castrén , Finn . Myth ...
... give it to me . Had I eaten of the food for spirits , I never should have returned to earth . " Eastman , Dacotah , ' p . 177. The analogy of this with the Homeric episode of the lotus - eaters may be deep . 2 Castrén , Finn . Myth ...
Page 84
... gives prosperity and re- nown here will give it also there , so that earthly conditions carry on their contrasts into the changed world after death . Thus a man's condition after death will be a result of , rather than a compensation or ...
... gives prosperity and re- nown here will give it also there , so that earthly conditions carry on their contrasts into the changed world after death . Thus a man's condition after death will be a result of , rather than a compensation or ...
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