Animism, definitions, 17, 22, 52 ;
T^dor on origin of, 23 n. ; place
in mythic development, 31 ;
Tylor's theory regarding, 58-59 ;
causes of, according to Spencer,
59-60 ; Lang's criticism upon
theory of, 72-73 ; universal
nature of early, 82 ; and the
supernatural idea of water, 97 j
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Egypt, 97 ; origin of, Elliot
Smith's theor^^ of the, 97 ; dis-
tinction between, and polytheism,
109 ; animistic conception of
thunder, 122 ; and corn myth,
129-130

Animistic myth, classes of, 23

Anthropological school of myth-
ology, 51 ; its criticism of Miil-
ler's theories, 52—53 ; recognizes
gender-termination as survival
from animistic stage, 53 ; its
position, 54-55 ; Tiele on, 65-66 ;
' ignorant camp-followers' of, 66

Anthropomorphism, 20, no, 119,
125 et seq.
