VII. Primitive literature, music, and dance 299 General occurrence of literature, music, and dance 299 Relation between song, music, and dance 303 Primitive prose 303 Rhythm 310 Emphasis 317 Symmetry 320 Metaphor 320 Poetic description 325 Local culture reflected in literary form 327 Symbolic meaning of narrative 337 Different literary styles are found in the same tribe 337 Distribution of literary forms 338 Music 340 Dance 344 Conclusion 349 Text figures 357 Explanation of plates 373 TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.