The Writer and the Shaman: A Morphology of the American IndianHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 - 312 Seiten |
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... spirit or perform special rites with certain objects , a piece of leather shaped like an arrow- head , to which is ... spirit of those they wanted to kill as it strayed during sleep- " something of the spirit ( as the devil made them ...
... spirit or perform special rites with certain objects , a piece of leather shaped like an arrow- head , to which is ... spirit of those they wanted to kill as it strayed during sleep- " something of the spirit ( as the devil made them ...
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... spirit carried by the wind to the borders of the world . The twelfth is the outlines of a mountain over which hovers a bird , the celes- tial vault on which the Great Spirit is enthroned ; below it a medicine man's arm strains to reach ...
... spirit carried by the wind to the borders of the world . The twelfth is the outlines of a mountain over which hovers a bird , the celes- tial vault on which the Great Spirit is enthroned ; below it a medicine man's arm strains to reach ...
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... Spirit . I cannot explain this so that the white people would comprehend me , as we have no regular standard among us . Every one makes this feast as he thinks best , to please the Great Spirit , who has care of all beings created ...
... Spirit . I cannot explain this so that the white people would comprehend me , as we have no regular standard among us . Every one makes this feast as he thinks best , to please the Great Spirit , who has care of all beings created ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
The Warrior Theocracy | 28 |
Timothy Dwight | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
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