Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... ground , there to dwell till the great feast of the dead ; but meanwhile it would come and walk by night in the village , and eat the remnants in the kettles , wherefore some would not eat of these , nor touch the food 1 Charlevoix ...
... ground , there to dwell till the great feast of the dead ; but meanwhile it would come and walk by night in the village , and eat the remnants in the kettles , wherefore some would not eat of these , nor touch the food 1 Charlevoix ...
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... ground in the other world . In Africa , again , Father Cavazzi records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the ...
... ground in the other world . In Africa , again , Father Cavazzi records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the ...
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... ground was not picked up , but was left for friendless and kinless souls . When the meal was over , the priest rose from table , swept out the house , and hunted out the souls of the dead " like fleas , " with these words , " Ye have ...
... ground was not picked up , but was left for friendless and kinless souls . When the meal was over , the priest rose from table , swept out the house , and hunted out the souls of the dead " like fleas , " with these words , " Ye have ...
Page 49
... grounds , the Tongan his shadowy island of Bolotu , the Greek enters Hades and looks on the Elysian Fields , the Christian beholds the heights of Heaven and the depths of Hell . Among the North American Indians , and especially the ...
... grounds , the Tongan his shadowy island of Bolotu , the Greek enters Hades and looks on the Elysian Fields , the Christian beholds the heights of Heaven and the depths of Hell . Among the North American Indians , and especially the ...
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... ground into the under- world , where mountains and rivers and all things are as here above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed ...
... ground into the under- world , where mountains and rivers and all things are as here above , and where a man may find his kindred , for the dead live in their villages , and may be seen milking their cattle , which are the cattle killed ...
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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