...; and the Greenlanders, according to Cranz, reckon two separate souls, the breath and the shadow. " Among the Seminoles of Florida, when a woman died...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use Their state of mind is kept up to this day among Tyrolese peasants, who can still fancy a good man's...

...with Twle and hollow. lize their sterile wombs ; and when, among the Seminoles of Florida, a mother died in childbirth, the infant was held over her face...thus acquire strength and knowledge for its future use,1 So among the Takahlis, the priest is accustomed to lay his hand on the head of the nearest relative...

...for several months was nevertheless still alive. Among the Seminoles of Florida, when a woman died ia child-birth, the infant was held over her face to...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use. It is said of the Fijians that they distinguish between a man's " dark spirit/' or shadow, which goes...

...Greenlanders, according to Cranz, reckon two separate souls, the breath and the shadow. " Among the Serninoles of Florida, when a woman died in childbirth, the infant...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use Their state of mind is kept iip to this day among Tyrolese peasants, who can still fancy a good man's...

...those about to die, in hope that the vital principle as it passed from the body would enter theirs. Among the Seminoles of Florida, when a woman died...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use. So among the Takahlis, the priest is accustomed to lay his hand on the head of the nearest relative...

...mouth. Among the Seminoles of Florida, when a woman dies in childbirth, the child is held over her mouth to receive her parting spirit, and thus acquire strength and knowledge for its future use. At the deathbed of an ancient Roman the nearest kinsman lent over to inhale the last breath of the...

...being impregnated by the passing soul. Amongst the Seminoles of Florida when a woman died in childbed the infant was held over her face to receive her parting spirit.' The Romans caught the breath of dying friends in their mouths, and so received into themselves the...

...that the vital principle might be transferred from one person to another; and, among the Scminolcs of Florida, when a woman died in childbirth, the infant...held over her face to receive her parting spirit. Algonquin women, desirous of becoming mothers, flocked to the bed of those about to die, in the hope...

...identical. Of the Seminoles of Florida we are told that, 'when a woman dies in childbirth the infant is held over her face to receive her parting spirit,...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use.' At the death-bed of an old Roman the nearest kinsman used to lean over — et excipies bane auimam...

...Greenlanders, according to Cranz, reckon two separate souls, the breath and the shadow. " Among the Seininoles of Florida, when a woman died in childbirth, the infant...acquire strength and knowledge for its future use Their state of mind is kept up to this day among Tyrolese peasants, who can still fancy a good man's...