The Eternal Belief in Immortality & Worship of the Dead

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James George Frazer. The Eternal Belief in Immortality & Worship of the Dead

The Eternal Belief in Immortality & Worship of the Dead

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Volume 1

Table of Contents

PREFACE

LECTURE I. INTRODUCTION

LECTURE II. THE SAVAGE CONCEPTION OF DEATH

LECTURE III. MYTHS OF THE ORIGIN OF DEATH

LECTURE IV. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

LECTURE V. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (continued)

LECTURE VI. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE OTHER ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA

LECTURE VII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA (concluded)

LECTURE VIII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF THE TORRES STRAITS ISLANDS

LECTURE IX. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA

LECTURE X. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA

LECTURE XI. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)

LECTURE XII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)

LECTURE XIII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)

LECTURE XIV. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN AND DUTCH NEW GUINEA

LECTURE XV. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF SOUTHERN MELANESIA (NEW CALEDONIA)

LECTURE XVI. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF CENTRAL MELANESIA

LECTURE XVII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF CENTRAL MELANESIA (concluded)

LECTURE XVIII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MELANESIA

LECTURE XIX. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF EASTERN MELANESIA (FIJI) (continued)

LECTURE XX. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF EASTERN MELANESIA (FIJI) (concluded)

NOTE. MYTH OF THE CONTINUANCE OF DEATH785

Volume 2

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MAORIS

§ 1. The Polynesians

§ 2. The Maoris of New Zealand

§ 3. The Beliefs of the Maoris concerning the Souls of the Living

§ 4. The Beliefs of the Maoris concerning the Souls of the Dead

§ 5. Taboo among the Maoris

§ 6. Conclusion

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER II. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE TONGANS

§ 1. The Tonga or Friendly Islands

§ 2. The Tonga Islanders, their Character, Mode of Life, and Government

§ 3. The Tongan Religion: its General Principles

§ 4. The Primary or Non-human Gods

§ 5. The Temples of the Gods

§ 6. Priests and their Inspiration

§ 7. The Worship of the Gods, Prayers, and Sacrifices

§ 8. The Doctrine of the Soul and its Destiny after Death

§ 9. The Souls of the Dead as Gods

§ 10. Temples and Tombs: Megalithic Monuments

§ 11. Rites of Burial and Mourning

§ 12. The Ethical Influence of Tongan Religion

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER III. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SAMOANS

§ 1. The Samoan Islands

§ 2. The Samoan Islanders, their character

§ 3. Houses, Agriculture, and Industries

§ 4. Rights of Property

§ 5. Government, Social Ranks, Respect for Chiefs

§ 6. Religion: Gods of Families, Villages, and Districts

§ 7. Priests and Temples

§ 8. Origin of the Samoan Gods of Families, Villages, and Districts: Relation to Totemism

§ 9. The High Gods of Samoa

§ 10. The Samoan Belief concerning the Human Soul: Funeral Customs

§ 11. The Fate of the Human Soul after Death

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER IV. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HERVEY ISLANDERS

§ 1. The Hervey or Cook Islands

§ 2. The Islanders and their Mode of Life

§ 3. Social Life: the Sacred Kings

§ 4. Religion, the Gods, Traces of Totemism

§ 5. The Doctrine of the Human Soul

§ 6. Death and Funeral Rites

§ 7. The Fate of the Human Soul after Death

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER V. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SOCIETY ISLANDERS

§ 1. The Society Islands

§ 2. The Islanders and their Mode of Life

§ 3. The Religion of the Society Islanders

§ 4. The Temples and Images of the Gods

§ 5. The Sacrifices, Priests, and Sacred Recorders

§ 6. The Doctrine of the Human Soul

§ 7. Disease, Death, and Mourning

§ 8. The Disposal of the Dead

§ 9. The Fate of the Soul after Death

§ 10. The Worship of the Dead

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER VI. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MARQUESANS

§ 1. The Marquesas Islands

§ 2. Physical Appearance of the Natives

§ 3. Food, Weapons, Tools, Houses, Canoes, Fishing

§ 4. Polyandry, Adoption, Exchange of Names

§ 5. Amusements, Dancing-places, Banqueting-halls

§ 6. Social Ranks, Taboo

§ 7. Religion and Mythology

§ 8. The Soul, Death, and Funeral Customs

§ 9. Fate of the Soul after Death

FOOTNOTES

CHAPTER VII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HAWAIIANS

§ 1. The Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands

§ 2. The Natives and their Mode of Life

§ 3. Houses, Mechanical Arts

§ 4. Government, Social Ranks, Taboo

§ 5. Religion, the Gods

§ 6. Priests, Sorcerers, Diviners

§ 7. Temples, Images, Human Sacrifices

§ 8. Festivals

§9. Death and Funeral Rites

§ 10. Fate of the Soul after Death

FOOTNOTES

NOTE. TABOO AMOUNG THE MAORIS

FOOTNOTES

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Footnote 4: (return)

Wordsworth, who argues strongly, almost passionately, for "the consciousness of a principle of Immortality in the human soul," admits that "the sense of Immortality, if not a coexistent and twin birth with Reason, is among the earliest of her offspring." See his Essay upon Epitaphs, appended to The Excursion (Poetical Works, London, 1832, vol. iv. pp. 336, 338). This somewhat hesitating admission of the inferential nature of the belief in immortality carries all the more weight because it is made by so warm an advocate of human immortality.

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