Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | CONTENTS / DEDICATION. / WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH / PREFACE.; lines 119-211 | medium | The author says inquiries into primitive Aryan religion should start from or be checked by peasant observances; he contrasts living tradition with ancient books and says oral beliefs and practices in modern Europe are generally more archaic than ancient Aryan literary religion. | record |