Note 694 — Chapter XI · ANIMISM.
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The conception of the soul as a small human image is found in various districts; see Eyre, ‘Australia,’ vol. ii. p. 356; St. John, ‘Far East,’ vol. i. p. 189 (Dayaks); Waitz, vol. iii. p. 194 (N. A. Ind.). The idea of a soul as a sort of ‘thumbling’ is familiar to the Hindus and to German folklore; compare the representations of tiny souls in mediæval pictures.