Project Gutenberg 2023-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 725 Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett) 1832 1917 Tylor, Edward Burnett Tylor, E. B. (Edward Burnett) Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom $aUnited Kingdom :$bJohn Murray, $c1871, pubdate 1903, pubdate 1913, copyright 1920. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_Culture_(book) Richard Tonsing, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Primitive Culture, vol. 2" by Edward B. Tylor is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This volume continues the exploration of the evolution of human belief systems, focusing particularly on animism and related concepts regarding the soul's existence, transmigration, and the practices surrounding death and the afterlife. The book delves into the historical and cultural development of these beliefs across different societies, aiming to understand the shared human experiences reflected in mythology, religion, and customs. The opening of this volume establishes a foundation for discussing animism, introducing the concept of the soul's continued existence after death. Tylor outlines two main doctrines—transmigration, the rebirth of souls into new bodies, and the idea of the independent existence of the soul in a future life—while examining their prevalence in various cultural beliefs. He begins by analyzing how these doctrines are connected to the lower levels of human culture, exploring examples from different tribes and societies that illustrate how these animistic beliefs manifest in practices such as feasting for the dead and the perceived connections between ancestors and the living. This examination sets the stage for more detailed inquiries into specific beliefs and practices that span a wide range of human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/primitiveculture01tylouoft 20180728135915tylor 1871 GB Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Religion Mythology Prehistoric peoples Ethnology Civilization -- History Language and languages Animism Social evolution GN Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Religion/Spirituality 1632522 2025-07-28T04:43:38.249428 text/html 1587941 2023-04-06T22:42:32 text/html 743644 2025-07-28T04:44:04.466285 application/epub+zip 768452 2025-07-28T04:43:43.433395 application/epub+zip 662593 2025-07-28T04:43:40.690382 application/epub+zip 1267239 2025-07-28T04:44:17.556250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1041935 2025-07-28T04:44:01.286337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1104249 2025-07-28T04:43:32.163477 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1104053 2023-04-06T22:42:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20490 2025-07-28T04:44:17.749222 application/rdf+xml 12453 2025-07-28T04:43:41.314370 image/jpeg 2095 2025-07-28T04:43:40.988369 image/jpeg 423978 2023-04-06T22:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 985588 2023-04-06T22:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 1003531 2025-07-28T04:43:38.388403 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia