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Part of this danger is due to the fact that hunting peoples , such as the Inuit , rely on hunting animals that have souls that must be propitiated by the hunter after being killed . Similarly , reindeer herders such as the Evenk must ...
Part of this danger is due to the fact that hunting peoples , such as the Inuit , rely on hunting animals that have souls that must be propitiated by the hunter after being killed . Similarly , reindeer herders such as the Evenk must ...
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Animals are the principal supply of food , and elaborate rituals are associated with the hunting of animals and their subsequent treatment . Among the Nenets , Chukchi and Evenk of Siberia , reindeer , bears , wolves and foxes are ...
Animals are the principal supply of food , and elaborate rituals are associated with the hunting of animals and their subsequent treatment . Among the Nenets , Chukchi and Evenk of Siberia , reindeer , bears , wolves and foxes are ...
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The Milky Way is the snow shaken from the cloak of Wakinu ; the bear , as he crosses the Bridge of Dead Souls on his way to the Eternal Hunting Grounds . The Pleiades are seven poor boys who , forever cold and hungry in this world ...
The Milky Way is the snow shaken from the cloak of Wakinu ; the bear , as he crosses the Bridge of Dead Souls on his way to the Eternal Hunting Grounds . The Pleiades are seven poor boys who , forever cold and hungry in this world ...
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| Title | World Mythology |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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