Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... idea of bodily resurrection , whether among the native races of America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a problem for which also the evidence available does not seem suffi- cient . In discussing the closely allied doctrine of ...
... idea of bodily resurrection , whether among the native races of America , or in ancient Egypt , or elsewhere , is a problem for which also the evidence available does not seem suffi- cient . In discussing the closely allied doctrine of ...
Page 40
... idea is well displayed among the natives in Mexican districts , where the souls who come to the annual feast are described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them , or sucking out its nutritive quality . The Hindu ...
... idea is well displayed among the natives in Mexican districts , where the souls who come to the annual feast are described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them , or sucking out its nutritive quality . The Hindu ...
Page 42
... idea was recognized that the ghosts fed upon the offerings , " nunc posito pascitur umbra cibo , " yet there were but " parva munera , " fruits and grains of salt , and corn soaked in wine , set out for their meal in the middle of the ...
... idea was recognized that the ghosts fed upon the offerings , " nunc posito pascitur umbra cibo , " yet there were but " parva munera , " fruits and grains of salt , and corn soaked in wine , set out for their meal in the middle of the ...
Page 52
... idea in this Maori story , that the living who tastes the food of the dead may not return , appears again among the Sioux of North America . Ahak - tah ( Male Elk ' ) seems to die , but after two days comes down from the funeral ...
... idea in this Maori story , that the living who tastes the food of the dead may not return , appears again among the Sioux of North America . Ahak - tah ( Male Elk ' ) seems to die , but after two days comes down from the funeral ...
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... idea is geographical , we are dwellers in the region of the setting sun , the land of death . The elaborate account by Procopius , the historian of the Gothic War , dates from the 6th century . The island of Brittia , according to him ...
... idea is geographical , we are dwellers in the region of the setting sun , the land of death . The elaborate account by Procopius , the historian of the Gothic War , dates from the 6th century . The island of Brittia , according to him ...
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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