Professor Tylor
On this I may remark that it appears to have been a widely spread belief, that no one who had partaken of the food for spirits would be allowed to ret
On this I may remark that it appears to have been a widely spread belief, that no one who had partaken of the food for spirits would be allowed to ret (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
This way of looking at the soul reminds one of Professor Tylor's words when he wrote in his work on Primitive Cullure, i (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)
But, so far as I know, the first to give a systematic exposition of the subject was Professor Tylor, in his work on Primitive Culture, published first in 1871 (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)
Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
- attestation: On this I may remark that it appears to have been a widely spread belief, that no one who had partaken of the food for spirits would be allowed to ret (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
"On this I may remark that it appears to have been a widely spread belief, that no one who had partaken of the food for spirits would be allowed to return to his former life, and some instances will be found mentioned by Professor Tylor in his Primitive Culture, ii. 50-2."
- attestation: This way of looking at the soul reminds one of Professor Tylor's words when he wrote in his work on Primitive Cullure, i (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)
"This way of looking at the soul reminds one of Professor Tylor's words when he wrote in his work on Primitive Cullure, i. 440: ' and he who says that his spirit goes forth to meet a friend, can still realize in the phrase a meaning deeper than metaphor.'"
- attestation: But, so far as I know, the first to give a systematic exposition of the subject was Professor Tylor, in his work on Primitive Culture, published first in 1871 (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)
"But, so far as I know, the first to give a systematic exposition of the subject was Professor Tylor, in his work on Primitive Culture, published first in 1871."