Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... savage culture , extends through barbaric life almost without a break , and survives largely and deeply in the midst of civi- lization . From the myriad details of travellers , mis- sionaries , historians , theologians , spiritualists ...
... savage culture , extends through barbaric life almost without a break , and survives largely and deeply in the midst of civi- lization . From the myriad details of travellers , mis- sionaries , historians , theologians , spiritualists ...
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... savage animism scarcely to be surpassed in Africa or the South Sea Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In ...
... savage animism scarcely to be surpassed in Africa or the South Sea Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In ...
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... savage or civilized theology , in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls - Localization of the Future Life Distant earthly region : Earthly Paradise , Isles of the Blest- Subterranean Hades or Sheol - Sun , Moon , Stars - Heaven ...
... savage or civilized theology , in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls - Localization of the Future Life Distant earthly region : Earthly Paradise , Isles of the Blest- Subterranean Hades or Sheol - Sun , Moon , Stars - Heaven ...
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... savage state up into the midst of civilization , the comparison may be carried through . Low races and high , in region after region , can point out the very spot whence the flitting souls start to travel toward their new home . At the ...
... savage state up into the midst of civilization , the comparison may be carried through . Low races and high , in region after region , can point out the very spot whence the flitting souls start to travel toward their new home . At the ...
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... savage poets may pass into 1 Kalewala , Rune xvi . ; see Schiefner's German Translation , and Castrén , Finn . Myth , ' pp . 128 , 134. A Slavonic myth in Hanusch , p 412 . 2 Homer . Odyss . xi . On the vivification of ghosts by ...
... savage poets may pass into 1 Kalewala , Rune xvi . ; see Schiefner's German Translation , and Castrén , Finn . Myth , ' pp . 128 , 134. A Slavonic myth in Hanusch , p 412 . 2 Homer . Odyss . xi . On the vivification of ghosts by ...
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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