 | Lester Frank Ward - 1883 - 718 էջ
...medicine-man, ' springs on the first person he meets, bites out and swallows one or more mouthfuls of the man's living flesh wherever he can fix his...shocking manner among many now living tribes of savages. "Ximenez tells us concerning the Indians of Vera Paz, that ' when a lord was dying, they immediately... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1889 - 524 էջ
...upon one department of the subject. ^Men do not stop short at the persuasion that death releasesthe soul to a free and active existence, but they quite logically proceed to assist nature, bv slaving men in order to liberate their souls for ghostly uses. \Thus there arises one of the most... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1903 - 536 էջ
...investigating the theory of souls in general, it will be well to enter here upon one department of the subject. Men do not stop short at the persuasion that death releases the soul to a free and active existence, i/but they quite logically proceed to assist nature, by slaying men in order to liberate their souls... | |
 | Lester Frank Ward - 1920 - 724 էջ
...the man's living llesh wherever he can lix his teeth, then rushes to another and another.' '' f iSuch brutalities, however, are among the least serious...shocking manner among many now living tribes of savages. " Ximenez tells us concerning the Indians of Vera Paz, that ' when a lord was dying, thay immediately... | |
 | 640 էջ
...inherited together from ancestors belonging to that ' lower barbaric stage ' of culture in which ' men do not stop short at the persuasion that death...slaying men in order to liberate their souls for ghostly uses3'; or on the other hand the custom of human sacrifice originated in some other motive (such as... | |
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Men do not stop short at the persuasion that death releases the soul to a free and active existence, but they quite logically proceed to assist nature, by slaying men in order to liberate their souls for ghostly uses. 