Note 204 — Chapter XV · RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
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“The conception of deities is quite clearly due to shamanistic systematization.... It is very rare to find any belief in a single supreme deity; when it does occur it is a thoroughly shamanistic construction out of some popular belief.”—Franz Boas, Mythology and Folk-Lore of North American Indians, Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. XVII, 1914. See Appendix X.