 | Peter Dillon - 1829 - 474 sider
...inhabitants of the South-Sea Islands ; and they surely could not have imbibed the idea from the new world. In each village on Tucopia there is a large building, called in their language the ' spirit house,' set apart for the use of disembodied spirits, which are supposed to reside... | |
 | Adolf Bastian - 1883 - 158 sider
...Geisterhaus Tucopia's2) 1) Me ra bula macla ga na nomu liga ni yaqona, heisst es in den Gebetsanrul'ungen (auf Fiji), under a belief that the gods are very...zum bacchantischen Taumel). 2) In each village on ïucopia there is a large building, called in their language the „spirit house", set apart for the... | |
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In each village on Tucopia there is a large building, called in their language the ' spirit house,' set apart for the use of disembodied spirits, which are supposed to reside in this building. On the approach of bad weather and thunder and lightning,... 