Volume 2

Primitive culture : researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art and custom / by Edward B. Tylor.

  • Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Primitive culture : researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art and custom / by Edward B. Tylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Buddhism :—culture - tradition, i. 41 ; saints rise in air, i. 149 ; transmigration, ii. 11, 20, 97 ; nirvana, ii. 79 ; tree-worship, i. 476, ii. 217 ; serpent-worship, 240 ; religious formulas, 372. Buildings, victim immured in foundation, i. 104, Ac. ; mythic founders of, i. 394. Bull, Bishop, on guardian angels, ii. 203. Bura Pennu, ii. 327, 350, 368, 404. Burial, ghost wanders till, ii. 27 ; corpse laid east and west, 423. Burning oats from straw, i. 44. Burton, R. F., continuance-theory of future life, ii. 75 ; disease- spirits, 150. Burtou, Anatomy of Melancholy, in- cubi, Ac., ii. 191. Buschmann, on nature-sound, i. 223. Butler, Bishop, on natural religion, ii. 356. Cacodfemon, ii. 138, 202. Caesar, on German deities, ii. 294. Cagots, i. 115, 384. Calls to animals, i. 177. Calmet, on souls, i. 457 ; on spirits, ii. 188, Ac. Calumet, i. 210. Candles against demons, ii. 194. Cant, myth on word, i. 397. Cardinal numbers, i. 257. Cards, Playing, i. 82, 126. Cassava, i. 63. Castren, ii. 80, 155, 177, 245, 351, Ac. Cave-men, condition of, i. 59. Ceremonies, religious, ii. 362, Ac. Ceres, ii. 306. Chances, games of, their relation to arts of divination, i. 78. Chanticleer, i. 413. Charivari at eclipse, i. 329. Charms:—objects, i. 118, ii. 148; formulas, their relation to prayers, ii. 373. Charon, i. 490, ii. 93. Chesterfield, Lord, on customs, i. 95 ; on omens, i. 118. Chic, myth on word, i. 397. Childbirth-goddess, ii. 305. Children, numerical series of names for, i. 254 ; suckled by wild beasts, i. 281 ; receive ancestors’ souls and names, ii. 4; sacrifice of, ii. 398, 403. Children’s language, i. 223. China, religion of:—funeral rites, i. 464, 493 ; manes-worship, ii. 118 ; cultus of heaven and earth, 257, 272, 352 ; divine hierarchy, 352 ; prayer, 370 ; sacrifices, 385, 405. Chinese culture-tradition, i. 40 ; re¬ mains in Borneo, i. 57. Chiromancy or palmistry, i. 125. Chirp or twitter of ghosts, Ac., i. 453. Christmas, origin of, ii. 297. Chronology, limits of ancient, i. 54. Cicero, on dreams, i. 444 ; sun-gods, ii. 294. Civilization, see Culture. Civilization-myths, i. 39, 353. Civilized men adopt savage life, i. 45. Clairvoyance, by objects, i. 116. Clashing rocks, myth of, i. 347. Clicks, i. 171, 192. Cocoa-nut, divination by, i. 80. Coin placed with dead, i. 490, 494. Columba, St., legend of, i. 104. Columbus, his quest of Earthly Paradise, ii. 61. Common, right of, i. 20. Comparative theology, ii. 251. Comte, Auguste, i. 19 ; fetishism, i. 477, ii. 144, 354 ; species-deities, 242. Confucius, i. 157 ; funeral sacrifice, i. 464, ii. 42 ; spirits, 206 ; name of supreme deity, 352. Consonants, i. 169. Constellations, myths of, i. 290, 356. Continuance-theory of future life, ii. 75. Convulsions :—by demoniacal pos¬ session, ii. 130; artificially pro¬ duced, 416. Convulsionnaires, ii. 420. Copal incense, ii. 384. Cord, magical connexion by, i. 117. Corpse taken out by special opening in house, ii. 26 ; soul remains near, ii. 29, 150. Cortes, i. 319. Costume, i. 18. Counting, art of, i. 22, 240, Ac. ; on fingers and toes, 244 ; by letters of alphabet, Ac., 258 ; derivation of numeral words, 247 ; evidence of independent development of low tribes, 271. Counting games, i. 75, 87. Couvade, in South India, i. 84.