It is strange but true that, throughout the earth, the place of departed souls, the land of spirits, was supposed to be in the West, or at the setting sun. This happens everywhere, and in the most opposite religions, from China to Lybia, and also from... The American nations; or, Outlines of their general history, ancient and modern - Page 245by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque - 1836 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1853 - 706 pages
...the same source as Professor Rafinesque, whose observations on this subject I transcribe, viz. : " It is strange but true, that, throughout the earth,...be in the West, or at the setting sun. This happens everywhere, and in the most opposite religions, from China to I.ybia, and also from Alaska to Chili... | |
| James Bonwick - 1894 - 344 pages
...the Lusitanian Cocana, or Happy Land, were beyond the seashore. Prof. Rafinesque might well say, " It is strange, but true, that, throughout the earth,...land of spirits, was supposed to be in the West." " To Rhadamanthys of the golden hair, Beyond the wide world's end ; Ah ! never there Come storm or... | |
| James Bonwick - 1894 - 348 pages
...the Lusitanian Cocana, or Happy Land, were beyond the seashore. Prof. Rafinesque might well say, " It is strange, but true, that, throughout the earth,...souls, the land of spirits, was supposed to be in the Wrest." " To Rhadamanthys of the golden hair, Beyond the wide world's end ; Ah ! never there Come storm... | |
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