Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... Aryan myth among savage races , and attempts to show that the myth may have had its origin in a rule of barbarous etiquette . ' A Far - travelled Tale ' examines a part of the Jason myth . This myth appears neither to be an ex ...
... Aryan myth among savage races , and attempts to show that the myth may have had its origin in a rule of barbarous etiquette . ' A Far - travelled Tale ' examines a part of the Jason myth . This myth appears neither to be an ex ...
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... Aryan story , because Maoris and Eskimo and Hottentots do not speak languages akin to that of Greece , nor can we show that the ancestors of Greeks , Maoris , Hottentots , and Eskimo were ever in contact with each other in historical ...
... Aryan story , because Maoris and Eskimo and Hottentots do not speak languages akin to that of Greece , nor can we show that the ancestors of Greeks , Maoris , Hottentots , and Eskimo were ever in contact with each other in historical ...
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... Aryan practice , one has no idea . It is only certain that war parties of Australian blacks bedaub themselves with white clay to alarm their enemies in night attacks . The Phocians , accord- ing to Herodotus ( viii . 27 ) , adopted the ...
... Aryan practice , one has no idea . It is only certain that war parties of Australian blacks bedaub themselves with white clay to alarm their enemies in night attacks . The Phocians , accord- ing to Herodotus ( viii . 27 ) , adopted the ...
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... Aryan peoples , among whom the story occurs both in the form of myth and of household tale . Again , we may look for the shapes of the legend which hide like Peau d'Ane in disguise , among the rude kraals and wigwams , and in the 64 ...
... Aryan peoples , among whom the story occurs both in the form of myth and of household tale . Again , we may look for the shapes of the legend which hide like Peau d'Ane in disguise , among the rude kraals and wigwams , and in the 64 ...
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... Aryan peoples . The oldest literary shape of the tale of Psyche and her lover is found in the Rig Veda ( x . 95 ) . The characters of a singular and cynical dialogue in that poem are named Urvasi and Pururavas . The former is an Apsaras ...
... Aryan peoples . The oldest literary shape of the tale of Psyche and her lover is found in the Rig Veda ( x . 95 ) . The characters of a singular and cynical dialogue in that poem are named Urvasi and Pururavas . The former is an Apsaras ...
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adoration Africa ancestors ancient animal Apollo Aryan Australians Aymar ballad bear beasts believe Bheki bride Brosses bull-roarer Bushmen called civilised Cloth Cronus Cupid and Psyche custom daughter dawn derived descent divining rod early Earth Egyptians epic Eskimo exogamy explain fairy family name fetichism folklore gens gods Greece Greek Half Calf Heaven hero History Homer Hottentots human ideas Illustrations Ilmarinen Infinite Jason JOHN S. C. ABBOTT Kalevala Khoi Khoi Khoi kinship legend M'Lennan magical maidens Maori marriage Max Müller meaning mice modern moly moon mother mouse mysteries mythology natural night origin Peruvian philological Pohjola polyandry primitive probably Pururavas race recognised Red Indians religion religious rites root sacred Samoa Sanskrit savage says serpent Sheep Sir Henry Maine stars stone story superstition survival tale theory things tion totemism tribes Tsui Goab turndun Uncut Edges Urvasi Veda vols Wäinämöinen wand woman women worship Zealand Zeus
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Página 185 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Página 150 - Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible.