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... SOUL MYTHS AND STORIES surrounding personal names and human reincarnation are universal themes throughout the Arctic . The person consists of three souls : the personal soul , the breath or free soul , and the name soul . In Greenland ...
... SOUL MYTHS AND STORIES surrounding personal names and human reincarnation are universal themes throughout the Arctic . The person consists of three souls : the personal soul , the breath or free soul , and the name soul . In Greenland ...
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T THE SOUL'S JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS UPON DEATH a person's three souls separate . One stays with the body , remaining in the land of the living as a spirit or ghost , one journeys to the heavens and eventually finds its way Pon ...
T THE SOUL'S JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS UPON DEATH a person's three souls separate . One stays with the body , remaining in the land of the living as a spirit or ghost , one journeys to the heavens and eventually finds its way Pon ...
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... soul from the body . If the soul strayed too far away , then the person would die unless the shaman could retrieve the lost soul . Shamans also had the power to cause harm and bring illness . The Inupiaq Eskimos believed illness to be ...
... soul from the body . If the soul strayed too far away , then the person would die unless the shaman could retrieve the lost soul . Shamans also had the power to cause harm and bring illness . The Inupiaq Eskimos believed illness to be ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus