Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... Land of the Dead - Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realiza- tion of current religious ideas , ' whether of savage ...
... Land of the Dead - Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West - Realiza- tion of current religious ideas , ' whether of savage ...
Page 45
... Land of the Dead , " now Mitla , keeps up the remembrance of another subterranean temple which opened the way to the sojourn of the blessed . In the kingdom of Prester John , Maundevile tells of an entrance to the in- fernal regions ...
... Land of the Dead , " now Mitla , keeps up the remembrance of another subterranean temple which opened the way to the sojourn of the blessed . In the kingdom of Prester John , Maundevile tells of an entrance to the in- fernal regions ...
Page 46
... land of souls is a discovered country , from whose bourne many a traveller returns . Among the legendary visits to the world beyond the grave , there are some that seem pure myth , without a touch of real personal history . Ojibwa , the ...
... land of souls is a discovered country , from whose bourne many a traveller returns . Among the legendary visits to the world beyond the grave , there are some that seem pure myth , without a touch of real personal history . Ojibwa , the ...
Page 48
... land where the shades of the departed , quickened for a while by the taste of sacrificial blood , talked with the hero and showed him the regions of their dismal home.2 The scene of the descent into Hades is in very deed enacted day by ...
... land where the shades of the departed , quickened for a while by the taste of sacrificial blood , talked with the hero and showed him the regions of their dismal home.2 The scene of the descent into Hades is in very deed enacted day by ...
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... land , and sometimes all we are told is that the man's self went , but whether in body or in spirit is a mere detail of which the story keeps no record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body ...
... land , and sometimes all we are told is that the man's self went , but whether in body or in spirit is a mere detail of which the story keeps no record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body ...
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