An edition of The childhood of man
(1909)
The childhood of man
by Frobenius, Leo
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The childhood of man: a popular account of the lives, customs and thoughts of the primitive races.
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Table of Contents
Personal adornment.
Tattooing.
Tests of manhood.
Origin of labour.
Dress language.
Sign and gesture language.
The drum language.
Drums and drum dances.
Picture writing & decoration.
Animal stories of the Bushmen.
A funeral in inner Africa.
The ghost.
Skull worship and head hunting.
Ancestor worship and fetishism.
Secret societies and masks.
The Mide.
(cont.) Sacred animals.
The Tiwah and the journey of the dead souls of the Dayaks.
The downfall of god.
Shango the typical sun-god.
On the path of the sun.
Mankind on the path of the sun.
The cunning spider.
Origin of the world, fall of the sky, the flood.
The theft of fire.
Fire worshiip.
The discovery of fire.
The stone age.
The iron age.
Early history of war.
Cannibals.
Warlike peoples.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Title on cover: The childhood of man : a popular account of the lives, customs, and thoughts of primitive races.
Translation of: Aus den Flegeljahren der Menschheit.
Reprint. Originally published: London : Sealey, 1909.
Photocopy. 22 x 28 cm.
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