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The Myths of the New World: Special Edition

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Book Excerpt: gues. If the answer prove affirmative, then not only have we gained a firm foothold whence to survey the whole edifice of their mythology; but from an unexpected quarter arises evidence of the unity of our species far weightier than any mere anatomy can furnish, evidence from the living soul, not from the dead body. True that the science of American linguistics is still in its infancy, and that a proper handling of the materials it even now offers involves a more critical acquaintance with its innumerable dialects than I possess; but though the gleaning be sparse, it is enough that I break the ground. Secondly, religious rites are living commentaries on religious beliefs. At first they are rude representations of the supposed doings of the gods. The Indian rain-maker mounts to the roof of his hut, and rattling vigorously a dry gourd containing pebbles, to represent the thunder, scatters water through a reed on the ground beneath, as he imagines up above in the clouds do the spirits of the storm. Every spring Read More

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12 Ekim 2016 12 Eylül 2017 21 x 0,5 x 29,7 cm 21 x 0,5 x 29,6 cm 14,8 x 0,5 x 21 cm Insight Editions 21,6 x 0,2 x 27,9 cm Kolektif edition cumulus 14,8 x 0,7 x 21 cm 21,6 x 0,6 x 27,9 cm 23 Temmuz 2017 25 Şubat 2018 28 Şubat 2018 22 Mayıs 2016 Collectif Emily Grace J B SBoon

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