 | Electronic journals - 1883 - 668 pages
...souls of the dead playing ball (Dormán, Origin of Primitive Superstitions, p. 330). Kink tells us " those who go to the upper world will suffer from cold...ball-players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus head, which gives rise to the aurora borealis" (Talts and Tradition» of the Eskimo, p. 37).... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1883 - 672 pages
...of the dead playing ball (Dormán, Ort'jtn of Primitive Superstitions, p. 330). i Í in!; tells us " those who go to the upper world will suffer from cold...ball-players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus head, which gives rise to the aurora borealis" (Tabs and Tradition» of the Eskimo, p. 37).... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Social sciences - 1887 - 924 pages
...the happy dead called arsissut — viz., those who live in abundance. On the contrary, those who RO to the upper world will suffer from cold and famine ; and these ore called arssartut, or ball-players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus-liead, which... | |
 | 1888 - 768 pages
...preferred, as being warm and rich in food. There are the dwellings of the happy dead called arsissut, — viz, those who live in abundance. On the contrary,...and famine; and these are called the arssartut, or ball players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus head, which gives rise to the aurora... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology - America - 1888 - 766 pages
...rich in food. There are the dwellings of the happy dead called arsissut.— viz. those who live hi abundance. On the contrary, those who go to the upper...suffer from cold and famine; and these are called thearssartut, or ball players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus head, which gives... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Sociology - 1896 - 946 pages
...food. There ore the dwellings of the Imppy dead called arsissut— viz., those who live in M ucclance. On the contrary, those who go to the upper world will suffer irom cold and famine; and there are called arsiartut, or ball-players, on •ccount of their playing... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Social sciences - 1896 - 918 pages
...happy dead called arritsut— viz., those who live in nbundnnoe. On the contrary, those who go to tlio upper world will suffer from cold and famine ; and these are called artsarttit, or ball-players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus-head, which gives rise... | |
 | Ethnology - 1919 - 1208 pages
...preferred as being warm and rich in food. There are the dwellings of the happy dead called arsissut, viz., those who live in abundance On the contrary,...suffer from cold and famine; and these are called arssartut, or ball players, on account of their playing at ball with a walrus-head, which gives rise... | |
 | Anthropology - 1921 - 580 pages
...food. There are the dwellings of the happy dead called nraissut, viz., those who live in abundanee On the contrary, those who go to the upper world will suffer from cold and fatnine; and these are called arssartut, or ball players, on account of their playing at ball with... | |
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After death, human souls either go to the upper or to the under world. The latter is decidedly to be preferred, as being warm and rich in food. There are the dwellings of the happy dead called orsissut — viz., those who live in abundance. 