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The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 2 (of 3) / The Belief Among the Polynesians — James George Frazer

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume 2 (of 3) / The Belief Among the Polynesians

James George Frazer

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 515 pages

This second volume of James George Frazer's anthropological study examines beliefs in immortality and the worship of the dead among the Polynesians. Drawing on lectures, it surveys ideas about souls, death, and ancestors in Polynesian cultures. It is worth hearing for a careful comparative view of religion and custom.

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Contents

  1. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY
  2. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AND THE WORSHIP OF THE DEAD
  3. Sir JAMES GEORGE FRAZER, F.R.S., F.B.A.
  4. MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1922
  5. PREFACE
  6. CONTENTS
  7. CHAPTER I
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. CHAPTER III
  10. CHAPTER IV
  11. CHAPTER V
  12. CHAPTER VI
  13. CHAPTER VII
  14. NOTE
  15. INDEX
  16. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
  17. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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