Eskimo LifeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - Broj stranica: 350 Observations of Eskimos during stay at Godthab, west Greenland, in winter of 1888-89 after crossing of Greenland ice sheet. Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. |
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Stranica 211
... amulets and fetishes are supposed to possess supernatural power , they are not only treasured , but worshipped . It is difficult , not to say impossible , to search back to the first vague forms in which religious ideas dawned in the ...
... amulets and fetishes are supposed to possess supernatural power , they are not only treasured , but worshipped . It is difficult , not to say impossible , to search back to the first vague forms in which religious ideas dawned in the ...
Stranica 213
... ( amulets ) . In order to recognise the great impor- tance of these germs , especially at a primitive stage of development , we must try to throw our minds back to the standpoint of the child , which most nearly answers to that of ...
... ( amulets ) . In order to recognise the great impor- tance of these germs , especially at a primitive stage of development , we must try to throw our minds back to the standpoint of the child , which most nearly answers to that of ...
Stranica 219
... amulets , and possibly also , in a measure , fetish - worship . We shall consider later how the belief in the power of the amulet may have arisen . An important force tending towards the continu- ance and development of superstitious ...
... amulets , and possibly also , in a measure , fetish - worship . We shall consider later how the belief in the power of the amulet may have arisen . An important force tending towards the continu- ance and development of superstitious ...
Stranica 287
... amulets . They are used by almost everyone , and consist of particular objects , generally portions of animals or of human beings . Charms are sung or 1 One of the characteristics of the ilisitsoks , as well as of the ange- koks , is ...
... amulets . They are used by almost everyone , and consist of particular objects , generally portions of animals or of human beings . Charms are sung or 1 One of the characteristics of the ilisitsoks , as well as of the ange- koks , is ...
Stranica 288
... amulets . They are supposed to have power to protect one against witchcraft , and against injury from spirits , to be of assistance in times of danger , and to endow their possessor with certain peculiar faculties . Some amulets can ...
... amulets . They are supposed to have power to protect one against witchcraft , and against injury from spirits , to be of assistance in times of danger , and to endow their possessor with certain peculiar faculties . Some amulets can ...
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