Origin of religious images (idols)

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Origin of religious images (idols).

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of religious ceremonials. · view the constellation · filed as A1544

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Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XVIII
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER IV

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

JewishNeuman
India*Thompson-Balys
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 516
Easter Is.Métraux Ethnology 261.

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Why Jews do not worship idols

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Origin of religious feasts and fasts Origin of religious dances Origin of religious songs (chants)Origin of sacrifices Origin of worship. (Cf. V0–V99.)Origin of funeral customs Origin of tithing Origin of religious ceremonials – miscellaneous

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