The Pedigree of the DevilTrübner & Company, 1883 - 256 страници Traces the history and traditions of ideas related to demonology. |
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... Indian tribes , of all stages of intelligence , address prayers to the spirits of their ancestors for good weather and luck in hunting the Tasmanians bring their sick for healing to the funeral pile of a dead man : the Maoris of New ...
... Indian tribes , of all stages of intelligence , address prayers to the spirits of their ancestors for good weather and luck in hunting the Tasmanians bring their sick for healing to the funeral pile of a dead man : the Maoris of New ...
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... India , the Veddas of Ceylon , the Andaman Islanders , the followers of the Sin - tu faith in Japan , the lower orders of the Siamese , and in fact almost every race of men , firmly believe in the existence and sympathy of their ...
... India , the Veddas of Ceylon , the Andaman Islanders , the followers of the Sin - tu faith in Japan , the lower orders of the Siamese , and in fact almost every race of men , firmly believe in the existence and sympathy of their ...
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... Indian peninsula successive hordes of Aryan invaders from the North - Western mountains poured down into the plains of Hindustan , and passed over to the island of Ceylon the lofty stature and the fine physique of this handsome race was ...
... Indian peninsula successive hordes of Aryan invaders from the North - Western mountains poured down into the plains of Hindustan , and passed over to the island of Ceylon the lofty stature and the fine physique of this handsome race was ...
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... India from the north , were a race totally different in features and colour from the Turanian inhabitants of the country whom they conquered : the highest caste of the conquering race , the Brahmans , have always been hedged round by so ...
... India from the north , were a race totally different in features and colour from the Turanian inhabitants of the country whom they conquered : the highest caste of the conquering race , the Brahmans , have always been hedged round by so ...
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... India , will show unmistakeable signs of darkening , and at such a rate , as to make it highly probable that a hundred generations of progress the same direction , would find the skin completely black . Now the dark complexion ...
... India , will show unmistakeable signs of darkening , and at such a rate , as to make it highly probable that a hundred generations of progress the same direction , would find the skin completely black . Now the dark complexion ...
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