The deceased, however, must pay a toll to another old woman, of malicious character, for permission to pass a narrow strait on the road; otherwise she would deprive him of an eye.
The life after death was very similar to earthly existence, but without fatigue or satiety. Husbands had the same wives as on earth, but had no children, as the Otherworld was inhabited by the spirits of the dead alone.
Certain vestiges of sun- and moon-worship were known among some tribes, who called the sun Anti, and the moon Kayan; but recognition of these luminaries as deities was intermittent and probably seasonal.
[1]See p. 32.
[1]See p. 32.
[2]Commerce of the Prairies, vol. ii, p. 235.
[2]Commerce of the Prairies, vol. ii, p. 235.
[3]Heart,Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., vol. iii, p. 216.
[3]Heart,Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., vol. iii, p. 216.
[4]Prehistoric Man, vol. i, p. 276 (London, 1876).
[4]Prehistoric Man, vol. i, p. 276 (London, 1876).
[5]Myths of the New World, p. 101 (1896).
[5]Myths of the New World, p. 101 (1896).
[6]Abipones, vol. ii, p. 101 (London, 1822).
[6]Abipones, vol. ii, p. 101 (London, 1822).
[7]Amer. Urreligionen, pp. 265, 272 (Basel, 1855).
[7]Amer. Urreligionen, pp. 265, 272 (Basel, 1855).
[8]History of Chile, vol. ii, p. 85 (1809).
[8]History of Chile, vol. ii, p. 85 (1809).
[9]Molina,op. cit., vol. ii, p. 87.
[9]Molina,op. cit., vol. ii, p. 87.
[10]Hawkins,Sketch of the Creek Country, p. 80 (Savannah, 1848).
[10]Hawkins,Sketch of the Creek Country, p. 80 (Savannah, 1848).