Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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Página 35
... heaven . Turn- duns carved with imitations of water - flowers are used by medicine - men in rain- making . has her bull - roarers ; some of them , carved in relief , are in the Christy Museum , and one is engraved here . I have no ...
... heaven . Turn- duns carved with imitations of water - flowers are used by medicine - men in rain- making . has her bull - roarers ; some of them , carved in relief , are in the Christy Museum , and one is engraved here . I have no ...
Página 45
... Heaven , Rangi , and the Earth , Papa , were the father and mother of all things . " In these days the Heaven lay upon the Earth , and all was darkness . They had never been separated . ” Heaven and Earth had children , who grew up and ...
... Heaven , Rangi , and the Earth , Papa , were the father and mother of all things . " In these days the Heaven lay upon the Earth , and all was darkness . They had never been separated . ” Heaven and Earth had children , who grew up and ...
Página 46
... Heaven and Earth , Rangi and Papa . Then he pushed hard with his head and feet . Then wailed Heaven and exclaimed Earth , " Wherefore this murder ? Why this great sin ? Why destroy us ? Why separate us ? " But Tane pushed and pushed ...
... Heaven and Earth , Rangi and Papa . Then he pushed hard with his head and feet . Then wailed Heaven and exclaimed Earth , " Wherefore this murder ? Why this great sin ? Why destroy us ? Why separate us ? " But Tane pushed and pushed ...
Página 47
... heavens ! you don't mean that . What is he accused of ? ' Murder , Socrates . ' Then Euthyphro explains the case , which quaintly illustrates Greek civilisation . Euthyphro's father had an agricultural labourer at Naxos . One day this ...
... heavens ! you don't mean that . What is he accused of ? ' Murder , Socrates . ' Then Euthyphro explains the case , which quaintly illustrates Greek civilisation . Euthyphro's father had an agricultural labourer at Naxos . One day this ...
Página 48
... Heaven . Later , Heaven , Uranus , be- came the husband of Gæa , Earth . Just as Rangi and Papa , in New Zealand , had many children , so had Uranus and Gæa . As in New Zealand , some of these children were gods of the various elements ...
... Heaven . Later , Heaven , Uranus , be- came the husband of Gæa , Earth . Just as Rangi and Papa , in New Zealand , had many children , so had Uranus and Gæa . As in New Zealand , some of these children were gods of the various elements ...
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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.