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Some work has been done along this line by Kroeber for the tribes of California, Lowie for the Crow Indians, and Junod for the Ekoi of West Africa; but it appears that the anthropological problem of basic beliefs and philosophies is dependent upon specific tribal studies and that more research is called for. =The Myth, Its Meaning and Function in Primitive Life=
Compare Henri A. Junod, "Les conceptions physiologiques des Bantou Sud-Africains et leurs tabous," Revue d'Ethnographie et de Sociologie, i. p. 139. The danger of death to the cattle from the blood of women is mentioned only by Mr. Kidd. Rev. J. Roscoe, "The Bahima, a Cow Tribe of Enkole," Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, xxxvii. p. 106. Rev. Rev. J. Roscoe, The Baganda, p. 96.
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