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associations, and hence the explanations will differ 

 markedly, 



mtive people have in general two theories of the 



in -oul. Tin- idea of tian>i .f souls, and 



the idea of an independent lite of the son lie death 



i aiiMniiri.itinn is illustrated by 



the belief that the sml of the dead person i- r incarnated 

 in the body of the next born chihl. An Indian will some- 

 tirm^ l.ury a dead child unler the spot where two paths 

 OTOts, in the hope that the soul of the dead child, lin^erinir 

 near, may enter the body of some woman who passes that 



;ml be born in the body of her next child. TV 

 also tlie helief that animals are often . nt. re<l hy the souls 



parted men. 1 1 enee there arise r ons as to the 



killing of certain animals. The doctrine nf the independ- 

 ent life of the soul after death takes two forms: the 



Miious notion, and the retributive notion. In ac- 

 cordance with the former it is believed that the soul of 

 the human U-ing continues after death the activities 

 which it was accustomed to during its existence in the 



. Hence there are lmrie.1 with the dead warrior, his 

 spears, arms, utensils, nnd personal belong; <1 in 



some cases his favorite \\it< and his slaves are >. 

 on t! Ti r--t rihntive notion is less wil- 



spread and of a later origin. Accor<l hi- it is be- 



lieved that the condition of the after life .l.-p. nds upon 

 conduct ami during the worldly existence in the 



In Jiddition to these beliefs we find among priini- 



peoples the system of worshiping I rs. The 



-pirits of the recent dead are believed to take particular 

 int. rest in the affairs of the living. Ancestor- worship 

 involves the question of the benevolent or malevolent in- 

 tluencc of these spirits. Hence there have arisen elab- 



