The Children of the Sun: A Study of the Egyptian Settlement of the Pacific

by PERRY W. J.

• ISBN13: 9781931882279
• ISBN10: 1931882274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Table of Contents

Introduction
The problem	1	(1)
method of study	2	(1)
the Archaic Civilization	2	(1)
Egyptian origin of archaic civilization	3	(1)
importance of human mind in history of civilization	3	(1)
early thought	4	(1)
early warfare	4	(1)
Food-Gatherers and Food-Producers
Food-gathering peoples	5	(1)
food-gatherers and food-producers in North America	6	(1)
in Oceania	7	(1)
in Borneo	7	(3)
Culture-Sequence, North America
Origin of maize cultivation	10	(2)
mound builders	12	(3)
Pueblo culture	15	(2)
Mexican civilization	17	(1)
Maya civilization	17	(1)
cultural history of North America	18	(1)
archaic civilization of North America	19	(2)
Culture-Sequence, Oceania
Remains in Polynesia	21	(3)
pre-Maori people of New Zealand	24	(3)
remains in Melanesia	27	(2)
in Micronesia	29	(3)
pottery-making in Oceania	32	(1)
Australia and Oceania	32	(1)
Oceania food-plants	33	(5)
Culture-Sequence, Indonesia
Results of inquiry into early history	38	(3)
remains in Java and Sumatra	41	(1)
in South Celebes	41	(1)
Hindu influence in Indonesia	42	(1)
Tinguian tradition	43	(1)
remains in Cambodia	44	(1)
cultural history of Indonesia	45	(1)
Culture-Sequence, India
Prehistoric age in India	46	(1)
remains near Bellary	47	(2)
remains in South India	49	(3)
in Chota Nagpur	52	(1)
in Assam	53	(1)
in North India	54	(1)
summary of inquiry into culture-sequence	55	(1)
The Search for Gold and Pearls
Gold and civilization	56	(2)
turquoise mining in the Pueblo area	58	(2)
old mines in Pueblo area	60	(1)
railways, minerals and ruins in the Pueblo area	61	(2)
choice of settlement by Pueblo Indians	63	(2)
ancient mining in California	65	(1)
railways and ruins in Mexico	66	(1)
obsidian and jade in Mexico	67	(1)
early Maya settlements	67	(1)
mounds and pearls in the Mound area	68	(1)
stone graves in Mound area	69	(1)
Mexican influence in Mound area	70	(1)
gold mining in Mound area	71	(1)
copper mining in Mound area	72	(2)
cause of distribution of mounds	74	(1)
mica and other mines in Mound area	75	(1)
remains and pearls in Oceania	76	(3)
gold and obsidian in New Zealand	79	(1)
pearls, gold and remains in Melanesia	80	(2)
ancient exploitation of wealth of Indonesia	82	(2)
ancient gold mines in the Malay Peninsula	84	(2)
pearls in the Mergui Archipelago	86	(1)
dolmen-building and early mining in South India	87	(1)
iron in India	88	(1)
railways, mines and remains in South India	88	(2)
native gold-getting in India	90	(2)
cause of distribution of settlements of archaic civilization	92	(2)
Polished Stone Implements
Polished stone implements in ancient mines	94	(1)
Austronesian languages	95	(2)
polished stone implements in Indonesia	97	(1)
in New Guinea and Australia	98	(1)
in Oceania	99	(1)
obsidian implements in Oceania	99	(1)
polished stone implements in North America	100	(1)
cultural comparisons based on study of polished stone implements	101	(1)
The Succession of Cultures
Cultural unity of North America	102	(1)
of Polynesia	102	(1)
study of tradition	103	(1)
Polynesians in India	104	(2)
spread of Polynesians	106	(1)
continuity in Oceanic culture	107	(1)
absence of migration traditions in Melanesia	108	(1)
Malay and Hindu settlements in Indonesia	109	(1)
cultural history of Borneo	109	(1)
Bugi settlements	110	(1)
migrations in Timor region	111	(1)
Dravidian influence on Batta	111	(1)
population of India	112	(1)
Munda history	112	(2)
Oppert's views on Indian history	114	(1)
degradation of culture in India	115	(3)
spread of Rajputs	118	(1)
caste system	119	(1)
history of Assam	120	(1)
secondary movements of culture	121	(2)
culture-heroes in Indonesia	123	(1)
in Melanesia	124	(1)
in Australia	125	(2)
cultural history of region	127	(1)
meaning of degradation of culture	128	(1)
The Children of the Sun
Early kingship in Egypt and Sumer	129	(3)
in India	132	(1)
Asuras and Dravidians in India	133	(2)
Children of the Sun in Indonesia	135	(1)
in Oceania	136	(1)
divine kings in Oceania	136	(1)
Polynesian myths	137	(1)
divine kings in Polynesia	138	(1)
Children of the Sun in Oceania	139	(1)
early history of Samoa	139	(2)
Children of the Sun in North America	141	(1)
culture-heroes and Children of the Sun in Indonesia	142	(1)
culture-heroes in North America	142	(2)
Children of the Sun as culture-heroes	144	(2)
The Coming of the Warriors
Transition from sun-god to war-god in Egypt and Babylonia	146	(1)
in India	146	(1)
gods in Borneo	147	(1)
sun-gods and war-gods in Oceania	148	(2)
in North America	150	(3)
early communities peaceful	153	(3)
culture-heroes and warfare	156	(1)
spread of warfare in Oceania	156	(3)
in America	159	(2)
meaning of fortifications	161	(1)
psychological problem of warfare	162	(1)
history of warfare in the region	162	(2)
Rulers and Commoners: (1) The Doctrine of Theogamy
Children of the Sun as incarnate gods	164	(1)
fatherhood of the sun-god	165	(1)
traditions of theogamy	165	(4)
the birth of culture-heroes	169	(1)
origin of war gods	169	(2)
Rulers and Commoners: (2) The Sky World
Children of the Sun and the sky-world in Egypt	171	(1)
Sumerian beliefs about death	172	(1)
beliefs about the sky-world in India	172	(1)
in Indonesia	173	(1)
in Oceania	174	(1)
in North America	175	(1)
culture-heroes and the sky-world	176	(3)
Children of the Sun as priests of the sun-cult in Egypt	179	(1)
Sumerian cults	180	(1)
nature of Vedic religion of India	181	(1)
Dravidian religion	182	(1)
religious development of India	183	(2)
commoners and cults of gods in Indonesia	185	(2)
Toradja gods	187	(1)
culture-heroes receive no cults	188	(2)
cults of gods in Polynesia	190	(2)
American religious systems mainly utilitarian in nature	192	(4)
effects of disappearance of ruling groups on religious systems	196	(1)
mummification of rulers	197	(4)
Sky-Gods as Life-Givers
Beliefs about creation and man's spiritual nature in Egypt and Sumer	201	(3)
in India	204	(3)
in Indonesia	207	(1)
in Oceania	208	(3)
in America	211	(2)
the carving of stone images and ideas of creation	213	(2)
The Great Mother and Human Sacrifice
Prehistoric art in Europe	215	(1)
the Great Mother in Egypt and Sumer	216	(6)
human sacrifice in Egypt and Sumer	222	(1)
the Great Mother in India	223	(3)
human sacrifice in India	226	(1)
human sacrifice to snakes	227	(1)
the Great Mother in Indonesia	227	(1)
the Rice-Mother	228	(1)
human sacrifice in Indonesia	228	(1)
head-hunting and human sacrifice	229	(2)
human sacrifice and cannibalism in Melanesia	231	(1)
in Polynesia	232	(2)
cannibalism in Australia	234	(1)
the Great Mother in Mexico	234	(1)
the Corn Mother	235	(1)
cannibalism in Mexico	235	(1)
human sacrifice in North America	235	(1)
the Great Mother in the United States	236	(2)
human sacrifice and warfare	238	(3)
Mother-Right
Mother-right in Egypt and Sumer	241	(1)
transition to father-right in Arabia	242	(1)
mother-right and father-right in India	243	(3)
mother-right in Indonesia	246	(1)
in Micronesia	246	(1)
in Melanesia	246	(1)
mother-right and father-right in Polynesia	247	(2)
in Australia	249	(1)
in North America	249	(4)
culture-heroes and mother-right	253	(1)
The Underworld
Relationship between ideas of origin and of the destination of the soul after death	234	(22)
land of the dead in Egypt and Sumer	256	(1)
the underworld in India	257	(2)
Toradja ideas of life after death	259	(1)
the underworld and the archaic civilization	259	(1)
effects of migration on the belief in an underground land of the dead	260	(1)
Bugi origin stories	261	(1)
underworld in Oceania	261	(3)
ruler of the underworld in Oceania	264	(1)
the underworld in North America	264	(5)
history of the Great Mother	269	(3)
The Dual Organization---Egypt and India
Dual institutions in Egypt	272	(1)
the Dual Organization of society	273	(1)
dual organization in Dravidian India	274	(2)
e.s. : foundation of Pegu in Burma	276	(1)
dual organization of Dravidian tribes	277	(1)
dual organization in Assam	278	(1)
Oppert's views on ancient Indian society	279	(1)
right- and left-hand castes in India	280	(1)
cross-cousin marriages in India	281	(1)
the dual organization in India	282	(1)
interpretation of right- and left-hand caste system	283	(1)
Polynesian dual settlements in India	283	(2)
The Dual Organization: Indonesia and Oceania
The dual organization of the Bugi states	285	(3)
of Sumba	288	(1)
of Timor	289	(1)
of the Moluccas	289	(1)
of Micronesia	290	(2)
of Melanesia	292	(4)
of Fiji	296	(2)
of Tonga	298	(1)
of Samoa	298	(7)
of eastern Polynesia	305	(2)
political basis of the dual organization	307	(2)
dual organization among ancestors of the Maori	309	(2)
in Hawaii	311	(1)
dual organization in Easter Island	311	(1)
in Australia	312	(2)
The Dual Organization: America and Conclusion
Dual organization in Mexico and Central America	314	(1)
in the United States	315	(8)
distribution of the dual organization	323	(1)
dual communities	324	(1)
hostility between divisions	324	(1)
the ball game	325	(1)
distinctions between moieties of dual grouping	325	(1)
similar names of dual settlements	326	(1)
theory of origin of dual groupings	326	(1)
effects of hostility between moieties	326	(1)
ruling groups and the dual organization	327	(1)
Children of the Sun and the dual organization	328	(1)
relationship between culture-heroes and dual communities	329	(3)
The Totemic Clan System
Reason for reconstitution of dual organization by Huron and other peoples	332	(1)
Egyptian nomes	333	(1)
Egyptian government by council	333	(2)
definition of Totemism	335	(1)
totemism in India	335	(2)
government by council in India	337	(1)
e.s.; stone circles used for council meetings in India	337	(3)
totemism in Indonesia	340	(1)
relationship with animals in Indonesia	340	(1)
councils in south Celebes and Seran	341	(1)
totemism in Micronesia	342	(1)
in New Guinea	343	(1)
councils in New Guinea	343	(1)
totemism and councils in Torres Straits	344	(1)
totemism in Melanesia	344	(1)
in Australia	345	(1)
councils in Australia	346	(1)
totemism in Polynesia	346	(1)
councils in Samoa	347	(2)
councils derived from the archaic civilization	349	(1)
totemism in North America	350	(1)
councils in North America	351	(4)
councils derived from the archaic civilization	355	(1)
the nature and origin of the council system	355	(3)
The Totemic Clan System
Origins of totemic clans	358	(2)
reincarnation in clans	360	(2)
reincarnation and the archaic civilization	362	(2)
the nature of the totemic clan	364	(1)
relationship between men and animals	364	(1)
initiation and coronation ceremonies compared	365	(1)
ritual death and rebirth	366	(2)
Exogamy
Exogamy first confined to dual groupings	368	(2)
the beginnings of clan exogamy	370	(2)
culture-sequences in exogamy	372	(1)
marriages in ruling groups	373	(2)
culture-heroes and exogamy	375	(1)
marriages in early Samoa	375	(2)
marriages among the Children of the Sun	377	(1)
origin of the typical exogamy of the dual organization	378	(1)
mythological reflections of alterations in social organization	378	(5)
Givers of Life
Definition of ``Givers of Life,''	383	(1)
polished stone implements as givers of life, and as links with the archaic civilization	384	(1)
quartz as giver of life	385	(1)
charms in British New Guinea derived from the archaic civilization	386	(2)
gold as giver of life	388	(1)
pearls as givers of life	389	(1)
Malays and gold	389	(1)
regalia as givers of life	390	(1)
ceremonies connected with mining	391	(1)
stones as givers of life	392	(3)
quartz as giver of life in Australia	395	(2)
magical practices of Australia and Melanesia compared	397	(1)
stones in Polynesian religion and magic	398	(2)
quartz in North America	400	(4)
pearls as givers of life in North America	404	(1)
magical powers of people of archaic civilization	405	(1)
The Origin of the Archaic Civilization
Cultural elements of the archaic civilization	406	(1)
distribution of the archaic civilization	407	(1)
theory of geographical control	408	(4)
unity of archaic civilization, and diversity of successors	412	(1)
importance of the human mind in the production of civilization	413	(2)
search for gold, pearls, etc., as cause of distribution of archaic civilization	415	(1)
continuity in culture	416	(2)
origin of civilization of North America	418	(1)
origin of Maya civilization	418	(8)
origins of civilizations of Oceania, Indonesia and India	426	(2)
Egypt
Discovery of irrigation in Egypt	428	(1)
unification of Egypt under the First Dynasty	429	(2)
duality in Egyptian institutions caused by this unification	431	(1)
origin of mummification, and of the making of portrait statues	432	(2)
animation of the portrait statue	434	(1)
creative ideas attached to portrait statues	434	(1)
early Egyptian burials	435	(1)
development of tomb construction in Egypt	436	(1)
origin of the mastaba, dolmen and stone circle	436	(1)
origin of the pyramid	437	(1)
origin of stone-working	438	(1)
distinction between pyramids and mastabas	439	(1)
the sun-cult	439	(1)
the Children of the Sun	439	(1)
Holiopolitan influence in the early dynasties	439	(1)
Heliopolitan origin of the Sothic calendar	440	(1)
origin of the sun-cult at Heliopolis	441	(1)
the formulation of the doctrine of theogamy	442	(2)
Khnum as creator god	444	(1)
origin of ruling groups	445	(2)
effects of accession of Heliopolitans to the throne	447	(1)
sky-world and underworld	447	(2)
division of the ruling power caused by Heliopolitan accession	449	(4)
intermarriages between the royal family and viziers' families	453	(3)
growing independence of the nobles in Pyramid Age	456	(1)
origin of the use of gold	456	(1)
origin of the use of polished stone implements	457	(1)
end of obsidan	458	(1)
Egyptian expeditions for givers of life	458	(2)
conditions in Egypt in Sixth Dynasty resemble those of the archaic civilization	460	(1)
movement out from Egypt of archaic civilization	461	(1)
the Phœnicians	461	(1)
break-up of the archaic civilization	461	(2)
gradual decay of Egyptian state	463	(2)
final break-up of the archaic civilization	465	(2)
Conclusion
Evolutionary school of thought	467	(1)
Rivers describes this school	468	(1)
degradation of culture	469	(1)
the theory of continuity in culture	470	(3)
manner of spread of culture	473	(1)
manner of development of elements of culture	474	(2)
concrete experience as basis of early thought	476	(3)
selective attitude of native populations towards ideas elaborated in Egypt	479	(1)
attitude towards study of native magic	480	(1)
connection between mythology and history	481	(4)
history of thought in the region	485	(2)
Conclusion
Study of behaviour of man in society	487	(2)
the gregarious instinct fails to explain the structure of early society	489	(1)
the class-system as the basis of the class-state	489
food-gatherers peaceful	480	(10)
education of mankind in violence	490	(1)
human sacrifice and early warfare	491	(1)
hostility in the dual organization, and early warfare	491	(1)
man's education in cruelty	492	(1)
development of warfare	492	(1)
war and the subjection of women	493	(1)
war and the treatment of children	493	(1)
development of ideas of incest	494	(2)
importance of ruling groups in early society	496	(1)
ruling groups and the break-up of the archaic civilization	496	(1)
effects of ruling groups on inventiveness of man	497	(1)
the effects of the removal of the influence of ruling groups	497	(2)
early history of European civilization	499	(1)
the Children of the Sun in Europe	500	(1)
the culture of the Phœnicians and Carthaginians similar to that of the archaic civilization	501	(2)
importance of the Phœnicians as carriers of Egyptian culture
List of Authorities	503	(24)
Index	527