 | Japan - 1922 - 342 pages
...just listed. i . Hirala. See above p. 139. Mana, in the religious philosophy of the Melanesians,1 jnay be defined as a marvellous wonder-working force manifested...is applied, in Maori, " to a wooden sword that has done deeds so wonderful as to possess a sanctity and power of its own ; in Samoan, to a parent who... | |
 | Robert Henry Codrington - Ethnology - 1891 - 478 pages
...he possesses. Of course a yam naturally grows when planted, that is well known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play; a canoe will...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound. (2) The Melanesiaus believe in the existence of beings personal, intelligent, full of mana,... | |
 | Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson - Religion - 1908 - 382 pages
...he possesses. Of course a yam naturally grows when planted, that is well known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play ; a canoe will...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound.' 1 Prom Polynesia comes much the same story. Tregear in his admirable comparative dictionary... | |
 | Robert Ranulph Marett - Religion - 1909 - 228 pages
...that he possesses. Of course a yam naturally grows when planted, that is wel known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play; a canoe will...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound."1 From Polynesia comes much the same story. Tregear in his admirable comparative dictionary... | |
 | University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology Department - Anthropology - 1919 - 316 pages
...he possesses. Of course a yam naturally grows when planted, that is well known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play; a canoe will...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound. (2) The Melanesians believe in the existence of beings personal, intelligent, full of mana,... | |
 | Japan - 1922 - 342 pages
...of ideas related with the term he says, " If a man has been successful in fighting, it has not bee:i his natural strength of arm, quickness of eye, or...is applied, in Maori, " to a wooden sword that has done deeds so wonderful as to possess a sanctity and p nver of its own ; in Samoan, to a parent who... | |
 | William Kelley Wright - Psychology, Religious - 1922 - 500 pages
...he possesses. Of course a yam naturally grows when planted, that is well known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play ; a canoe will...be swift unless mana be brought to bear upon it, a wind will not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound," 4. Of the Melanesians, Bishop... | |
 | Pathology - 1923 - 460 pages
...he possesses. Of course, a yam naturally grows when planted, that is well-known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play; a canoe will not be swift unless mana be brought to bear upon it."1 Or we may call to our attention the famous example of the camel sacrifice by the Arabs, the significant... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - Sociology - 1927 - 894 pages
...known, but it 102 Magic, 2 (quoted), 3 ff.; Read, Origin of Man, 121, 122, 183. 10a §303, below. not be very large unless mana comes into play ; a canoe will...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound." That mana is not the diffused and impersonal power which some theorists assert it to be is... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - Science - 1927 - 402 pages
...when planted, that is well known, but it will not be very large unless mana comes into play ; a cause will not be swift unless mana be brought to bear upon...not catch many fish, nor an arrow inflict a mortal wound." THE MIND OF PRIMITIVE MAN. 75 a way that is not natural. They both imply the practice of magic... | |
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... assistance to his side. If a man's pigs multiply, and his gardens are productive, it is not because he is industrious and looks after his property, but because of the stones full of mana for pigs and yams that he possesses. Of course a yam naturally... 
