Myth and cult among primitive peoples
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0226398234
ISBN 13
9780226398235
Category
Publication Year
1963
Publisher
Subject
Religion.; Religion.
Description
x, 349 pages 22 cm; Part I: Man and reality -- I. The distinctive ways of primitive cultures -- II. Myth, cult and play -- III. Myth and cult in the state of application -- Part II: Deity, sacrifice, and ethos -- IV. High god and dema-deity -- V. Culture heroes and astral deities as dema -- VI. The master of the animals -- VII. Social organization, totemism, and their ties with religion -- VIII. Ritual killing and blood-sacrifice -- IX. The religious ethos -- Part III: Magic -- X. The theory of Pre-animistic magic -- XI. Shamanism as expression of genuine magic -- XII. Cult and magic -- Part IV: Souls, ancestor cults, and spirits -- XIII. Tylor's theory of animism -- XIV. The divine soul -- XV. Ancestor cults and monistic offerings -- XVI. The spirits.;
Biblio Notes
274772
Number of Copies
1
