(1893) Goblet zelf zegt van den mensch op dat standpunt : ‘ The difficulty is not to say what kind of beings and phenomena he personifies , but rather to say in what category of objects he does not seek arbitrary personifications ’ ( 57 ) .Weliswaar schrijft hij op bladzij 72 - 73 : ‘ The Negroes themselves distinguish between their fetishes ( gris - gris , jou - jou , mokissos ) , which they regard as superhuman beings , or rather as possessed by such , and their amulets , or talismans proper ( mondas ) , which they do not regard as living and conscious ’ , doch daar staat tegenover wat wij op bladzij 101 vernemen : ‘ The Tahitians believe that not only plants and animals , but natural and artificial objects also , have souls like man ’ .Het zal er wel op neerkomen , dat ‘ bezield ’ minder is dan ‘ bovenmenschelijk ’ en Goblet dit hier en daar uit het oog verliest .