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A. C. HADDON ALFRED NUTT ancient Andrew Lang animal appears Arawaks asked belief boys Bradwell Brent Pelham called Castleton catch ceremony charm chief church civilisation clan collection Cúchulainn custom dance daughter dead death devil drink evidence fact father feast folklore Frazer Fréjus garland geasa girl give Golden Bough Greek hand Hartland head horse husband Indian interest Irish killed king lead-miners legend lived Longbridge Deverill magic Magic and Religion marry Miss Weston mother N. W. Thomas native night Nutt ogre ogress origin paiwarie palm Persian person played player present prince Professor queen races religion rites romance round savage side SIDNEY HARTLAND Smalldale Society spirit stones story superstitions supposed tabus throw tion told took totem tradition tribes village W. H. D. ROUSE wife woman women word worship
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Página 1 - IN THE CHAIR. THE minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Página 206 - I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Página 29 - bina," to dance, in reference to the custom of thus naming themselves, so that, when you wish to ascertain what tribe they belong to, you say, " What do you dance ?" It would seem as if that had been a part of the worship of old. A tribe never eats the animal which is its namesake, using the term "ila," hate or dread, in reference to killing it.
Página 332 - Enough, enough, good fellow," said Solomon : " thou hast proved that I invited thee, and that thou art all men's father in art. Go wash the smut of the forge from thy face, and come and sit at my right hand. The chiefs of my workmen are but men ; thou art more.
Página 434 - ... the stones were heaped up into a mound three or four layers deep, at which point the lowest layers seen between the upper ones were visibly red-hot. That these latter were nevertheless sending out considerable heat there could be no question, though the topmost stones were certainly not red-hot...
Página 205 - From the still glassy lake that sleeps Beneath Aricia's trees — Those trees in whose dim shadow The ghastly priest doth reign, The priest who slew the slayer, And shall himself be slain...
Página 119 - No. 2, Folklore: What Is It and What Is the Good of It? By ES HARTLAND.
Página 383 - BY custom old, in Wirksworth wapentake, If any of this nation find a rake, Or sign, or leading to the same, may set, In any ground, and there lead oar may get : They may make crosses, holes, and set their stowes, Sink shafts, build lodges, cottages, or coes.
Página 220 - In magic man depends on his own strength to meet the difficulties and dangers that beset him on every side. He believes in a certain established order of nature on which he can surely count, and which he can manipulate for his own ends.
Página 63 - Although some modern authors follow Lady Charlotte Guest in explaining this word as meaning "a collection of tales for the young...