An Introduction to the Study of Comparative ReligionJevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion
Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
Sympathetic magic, 80, 85, 93, 153, 157, 162.
Taboo, 186 ff., 222, 229, 231-234, 250.
Talents, 253.
Tana, 181.
Tanner, John, 143.
Tari, 181, 183.
Taro, 92, 93, 94.
Temples, 178.
Test, of perfection in society, 255.
Thanks, do not need words, 181, 185.
Thank-offerings, 181.
Thomsen, Professor, 134.
Tibetan Buddhists, 150.
Tiger, 74, 89.
Tjumba, 181.
Tonga, 181.
Totems, 51, 165, 166, 197, 203; eating of, 186.
Trade wind, 101.
Transmigration, 51, 61, 119, 120; of character, 64.
Truth, 25; and value, 10.
Tupinambas, 56, 58.
Tylor, Professor, 37, 47, 56, 112, 141-144, 147, 148, 150, 161, 166.
Unalits, 59, 60.
Uncle John, knows his own pipe, 49, 50.
Uniformity of nature, 14; matter of faith, not of knowledge, 15.
Unselfishness, developes and does not weaken individuality, 67.
Usener, Professor, 128, 131, 133.
Utilitarianism, 240, 242.
Value, 7; literary and artistic, 8, 9; religious, 8, 9, 10, 107, 108,
109; carries a reference to the future, 12; relative to a purpose or
end, 13, 15; of literature and art, felt, not proved, 16, 17; of
fetichism, 114, 115, 120; of fetichism and religion for society, 125;
religious, and fetichism, 127.
Virgil, 54.
West Africa, 152, 153.
Westermarck, E., 224, 225, 228, 235.
Whistling, to produce a wind, 73, 74, 75.
Will, the, 13.
Will to injure, 81.
Will to live, the, 41; involves the desire for immortality, 41;
denounced by Buddhism, 66.
Wind, 100, 101.
Wisdom, collective, of man, 237.
Witch, and witch-doctor, 84.
Witchcraft, 222, 227.
Wives, of hunters and warriors, 78.
Wohkonda, 143.
Worship, 121, 122, 177, 180, 260; and the etymology of "god," 133 ff.,
137; of gods and of fetiches, 123, 134, 135; of the community, given to
the powers that protect it, 126; may break up, 170.
Xenophon, 171.
Xilonen, 190.
Yams, 93, 143, 180, 181.
Yebu, 147.
Zulus, 194.
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