The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead
The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia and PolynesiansBy James George Frazer
Length40h 49m
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Of all the many forms which natural religion has assumed none probably has exerted so deep and far-reaching an influence on human life as the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead. This first volume of Frazer's book comprises the Gifford Lectures he gave at the University of St. Andrews in the years 1911 and 1912, and deals with the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead, as these are found among the aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea, and Melanesia. In the second volume, the author describes the corresponding belief and worship among the Polynesians, a people related to their neighbors the Melanesians by language, if not by blood.
Contents:
Introduction
The Savage Conception of Death
Myths of the Origin of Death
The Belief in Immortality among the Aborigines of Central Australia
The Belief in Immortality among the other Aborigines of Australia
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of the Torres Straits Islands
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of British New Guinea
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of German New Guinea
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of German and Dutch New Guinea
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Southern Melanesia (New Caledonia)
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Central Melanesia
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Northern and Eastern Melanesia
The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Eastern Melanesia (Fiji)
The Belief in Immortality among the Maoris
The Belief in Immortality among the Tongans
The Belief in Immortality among the Samoans
The Belief in Immortality among the Hervey Islanders
The Belief in Immortality among the Society Islanders
The Belief in Immortality among the Marquesans
The Belief in Immortality among the Hawaiians
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length40 hrs 49 mins
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Publish dateJan 23, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead
19LECTURE XVII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF CENTRAL MELANESIA (concluded)
2PREFACE
20LECTURE XVIII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MELANESIA
3LECTURE I INTRODUCTION
21LECTURE XIX THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF EASTERN MELANESIA (FIJI) (continued)
4LECTURE II THE SAVAGE CONCEPTION OF DEATH
22LECTURE XX THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF EASTERN MELANESIA (FIJI) (concluded)
5LECTURE III MYTHS OF THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
23NOTE MYTH OF THE CONTINUANCE OF DEATH
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6LECTURE IV THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
24PREFACE
7LECTURE V THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (continued)
25CHAPTER I THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MAORIS
8LECTURE VI THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE OTHER ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA
26CHAPTER II THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE TONGANS (pt. 1)
9LECTURE VII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA (concluded)
27CHAPTER II THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE TONGANS (pt. 2)
10LECTURE VIII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF THE TORRES STRAITS ISLANDS
28CHAPTER III THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SAMOANS (pt. 1)
11LECTURE IX THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA
29CHAPTER III THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SAMOANS (pt. 2)
12LECTURE X THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA
30CHAPTER IV THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HERVEY ISLANDERS
13LECTURE XI THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)
31CHAPTER V THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SOCIETY ISLANDERS (pt. 1)
14LECTURE XII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)
32CHAPTER V THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE SOCIETY ISLANDERS (pt. 2)
15LECTURE XIII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA (continued)
33CHAPTER VI THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MARQUESANS
16LECTURE XIV THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF GERMAN AND DUTCH NEW GUINEA
34CHAPTER VII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HAWAIIANS (pt. 1)
17LECTURE XV THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF SOUTHERN MELANESIA (NEW CALEDONIA)
35CHAPTER VII THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HAWAIIANS (pt. 2)
18LECTURE XVI THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE NATIVES OF CENTRAL MELANESIA
36NOTE TABOO AMOUNG THE MAORIS
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