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This book, first published in 1935, collects together material on the origins of religion from two very different sources. South America, where the author spent six years studying the religious beliefs and customs of several Indian tribes representing different stages of culture; and the Finno-Ugrian area, where Finnish and Russian ethnologists had brought to light a new body of facts which formed an important addition to our knowledge of religious life at an early stage of cultural development. This book is a key work in the study of comparative religion, and is an essential reference source on the origins of religion.

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American Indians ancestors ancient animals appear ascribed associated assume become believed bird blood body called cause ceremonies certain character civilized closely common conception connected course cult culture customs dances dangerous dead death demons departed developed disease divine effects especially essentially evidently evil spirits exist explained fact Father fetish frequently give gods Greeks hand head higher human ideas important Indians influence instance interesting Jibaros kind later living looked lower magical material means medicine-man mentioned mysterious natives natural objects offerings origin particular performed person plants possess practices prayer present priest primitive purely question reference regarded relation religion religious rites river sacred sacrifices savage seems seen sense shaman sickness similar sometimes sorcerer soul South America stage statements stone supernatural supposed taboo taken theory things thought totemism tree tribes whole women worship

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332 Pages·1935·5.009 MB·other

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This book, first published in 1935, collects together material on the origins of religion from two very different sources. South America, where the author spent six years studying the religious beliefs and customs of several Indian tribes representing different stages of culture; and the Finno-Ugrian area, where Finnish and Russian ethnologists had brought to light a new body of facts which formed an important addition to our knowledge of religious life at an early stage of cultural development. This book is a key work in the study of comparative religion, and is an essential reference source on the origins of religion.

Key terms:

American Indians ancestors ancient animals appear ascribed associated assume become believed bird blood body called cause ceremonies certain character civilized closely common conception connected course cult culture customs dances dangerous dead death demons departed developed disease divine effects especially essentially evidently evil spirits exist explained fact Father fetish frequently give gods Greeks hand head higher human ideas important Indians influence instance interesting Jibaros kind later living looked lower magical material means medicine-man mentioned mysterious natives natural objects offerings origin particular performed person plants possess practices prayer present priest primitive purely question reference regarded relation religion religious rites river sacred sacrifices savage seems seen sense shaman sickness similar sometimes sorcerer soul South America stage statements stone supernatural supposed taboo taken theory things thought totemism tree tribes whole women worship

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