The Belief in Immortality And the Worship of the Dead, volume I (Of 3)
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Moreover they trade with thenatives of the interior, who, inhabiting a more fertile andbetter-watered country, are able to export a portion of theirsuperfluities, especially taro, sweet potatoes, betel-nuts, and tobacco, to the less favoured dwellers on the sea-coast, receiving mostly driedfish in return. Curiously enough the traffic is chiefly in the hands ofold women. [395] [Sidenote: Propitiation of ghosts and spirits. The spirit Mate. Spiritscalled _Nai_. ] With regard to the religion of th...ese people Mr. Stolz tells us that theyknow nothing of a deity who should receive the homage of hisworshippers; they recognise only spirits and the souls of the dead. Tothese last they bring offerings, not because they feel any need to dothem reverence, but simply out of fear and a desire to win their favour. The offerings are presented at burials and when they begin to cultivatethe fields. Their purpose is to persuade the souls of the dead to wardoff all the evil influences that might thwart the growth of the yams, their staple food.
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Moreover they trade with thenatives of the interior, who, inhabiting a more fertile andbetter-watered country, are able to export a portion of theirsuperfluities, especially taro, sweet potatoes, betel-nuts, and tobacco, to the less favoured dwellers on the sea-coast, receiving mostly driedfish in return. Curiously enough the traffic is chiefly in the hands ofold women. [395] [Sidenote: Propitiation of ghosts and spirits. The spirit Mate. Spiritscalled _Nai_. ] With regard to the religion of th...ese people Mr. Stolz tells us that theyknow nothing of a deity who should receive the homage of hisworshippers; they recognise only spirits and the souls of the dead. Tothese last they bring offerings, not because they feel any need to dothem reverence, but simply out of fear and a desire to win their favour. The offerings are presented at burials and when they begin to cultivatethe fields. Their purpose is to persuade the souls of the dead to wardoff all the evil influences that might thwart the growth of the yams, their staple food.
What to read after The Belief in Immortality And the Worship of the Dead, volume I (Of 3)?
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