Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 115
... worship of his kin . Why it is naturally and reasonably so , a Zulu thus explains . Although they worship the many Ama- tongo of their tribe , making a great fence around them for their protection ; yet their father is far before all ...
... worship of his kin . Why it is naturally and reasonably so , a Zulu thus explains . Although they worship the many Ama- tongo of their tribe , making a great fence around them for their protection ; yet their father is far before all ...
Page 116
... worship all Amatongo indifferently , that is , all the dead of their tribe . Speaking generally , the head of each house is worshipped by the children of that house ; for they do not know the ancients who are dead , nor their laud ...
... worship all Amatongo indifferently , that is , all the dead of their tribe . Speaking generally , the head of each house is worshipped by the children of that house ; for they do not know the ancients who are dead , nor their laud ...
Page 117
... worship comes to the surface in all direc- tions . The rude Veddas of Ceylon believe in the guardian- ship of the spirits of the dead ; these , they say , are " ever watchful , coming to them in sickness , visiting them in dreams ...
... worship comes to the surface in all direc- tions . The rude Veddas of Ceylon believe in the guardian- ship of the spirits of the dead ; these , they say , are " ever watchful , coming to them in sickness , visiting them in dreams ...
Page 118
... worship the great gods , lest through ignorance they should blunder in the complex ritual ; they prefer to pray to the " theparak , " a lower class of deities among whom the souls of great men take their places at death . In China , as ...
... worship the great gods , lest through ignorance they should blunder in the complex ritual ; they prefer to pray to the " theparak , " a lower class of deities among whom the souls of great men take their places at death . In China , as ...
Page 119
... worship stop short with direct family ties ; it is naturally developed to produce , by deifica- tion of the heroic dead , a series of superior gods to whom worship is given by the public at large . Thus , according to legend , the War ...
... worship stop short with direct family ties ; it is naturally developed to produce , by deifica- tion of the heroic dead , a series of superior gods to whom worship is given by the public at large . Thus , according to legend , the War ...
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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