 It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural; but it shows itself in physical force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses.  Inselgruppen in Oceanien - Side 208af Adolf Bastian - 1883 - 282 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Kelley Wright - 1922 - 496 sider
...This is mana. . . . It is a power or influence, not physical and in a way supernatural ; but it shews itself in physical force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. . . . All Melanesian religion consists, in fact, in getting this mana for one's self, or getting it... | |
 | Alfred Louis Kroeber, Thomas Talbot Waterman - 1924 - 606 sider
...our people meant by it, and that meaning seems to me to cover all that I hear about it elsewhere, fit is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural; but it shews itself in physical force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana... | |
 | Ralph Barton Perry - 1926 - 732 sider
...sociologist finds that the primitive mind is addicted to the idea of "mana," describable as follows: "It is a power or influence, not physical and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything." 10 He discovers, furthermore,... | |
 | Sir John Linton Myres - 1927 - 444 sider
...kinds of ways for good and evil, and which it is of the greatest advantage to possess or control"; "a power or influence, not physical and in a way supernatural; but it shows itself in physical force, or in any land of power of excellence which a man possesses . . . ;" "that is what works to effect everything... | |
 | Albert Rudolph Uren - 1928 - 300 sider
...Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, p. 199. 2 Wright, WK, A Student's Philosophy of Religion, p. 27. physical and in a way supernatural ; but it shows...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything. All Melanesian religion... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1907 - 1058 sider
...things, and is manifested by results which can only be ascribed to its operation.' And again : ' It is a power or influence not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Otto Rank - 1958 - 312 sider
...able to exercize to their own benefit that supernatural, invisible power."1. . . "It is a power of influence not physical and in a way supernatural, but it shows itself in physical force 1 Codrington, Rohert Henry. The Melanesiam, Oxford, 1891, p. 118, note. or any kind of power or excellence... | |
 | Ernst Cassirer - 1944 - 254 sider
...things. According to the definition of Codrington, who was the first to describe the concept of mana, it is "a power or influence, not physical, and in a way...or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses."45 It may be the attribute of a soul or spirit; but it is not in itself a spirit—it is... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1978 - 608 sider
...authority on magic and religion in the Pacific, the Rev. RH CODRINGTON, describes it thus : " Mana is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way...kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This Mana is not fixed in anything, and can be carried in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied... | |
 | Roger M. Keesing - 1982 - 276 sider
...souls or supernatural beings, have it and can impart it" (Codrington 1891 : 191) — the "it" being "a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural." But the basic form corresponding to mana in Kwaio, and in most other southeast Solomons languages', is... | |
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