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Yup'ik and Inupiaq Eskimo myths relate how all animate beings have a dual existence , so that an animal can become a human at will , or vice versa . The myth of Raven Man tells how , set adrift on an ice floe , Raven comes across a ...
Yup'ik and Inupiaq Eskimo myths relate how all animate beings have a dual existence , so that an animal can become a human at will , or vice versa . The myth of Raven Man tells how , set adrift on an ice floe , Raven comes across a ...
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Maui cut off the head which Hina planted , to become the coconut palm . The Tahitians told how Hina left the head by a stream while bathing and it sprouted . SOCIAL MYTHS – NEW INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MYTHS WERE invented or completely ...
Maui cut off the head which Hina planted , to become the coconut palm . The Tahitians told how Hina left the head by a stream while bathing and it sprouted . SOCIAL MYTHS – NEW INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MYTHS WERE invented or completely ...
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third age was the contemporary age , a realm in which humans and gods have become remote from each other , in which humans , through their rituals and traditions , seek to duplicate that long lost perfect age .
third age was the contemporary age , a realm in which humans and gods have become remote from each other , in which humans , through their rituals and traditions , seek to duplicate that long lost perfect age .
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