Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... civilised men . For all these reasons , but chiefly because of the fact that stories are usually anonymous at first , that names are added later , and that stories naturally crystallise round any famous name , heroic , divine , or human ...
... civilised men . For all these reasons , but chiefly because of the fact that stories are usually anonymous at first , that names are added later , and that stories naturally crystallise round any famous name , heroic , divine , or human ...
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... civilised superstition , which is singular in its compara- tive lack of copious savage analogues . ' Hottentot Mythology ' is a criticism of the philo- logical method , applied to savage myth . ' Fetichism and the Infinite , ' is a ...
... civilised superstition , which is singular in its compara- tive lack of copious savage analogues . ' Hottentot Mythology ' is a criticism of the philo- logical method , applied to savage myth . ' Fetichism and the Infinite , ' is a ...
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... civilised races . In this extended sense the term ' folklore ' will fre- quently be used in the following essays . The idea of the writer is that mythology cannot fruitfully be studied apart from folklore , while some knowledge of ...
... civilised races . In this extended sense the term ' folklore ' will fre- quently be used in the following essays . The idea of the writer is that mythology cannot fruitfully be studied apart from folklore , while some knowledge of ...
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... civilised races with the similar customs and manners which exist among the uncivilised and still retain their meaning . It is not necessary for comparison of this sort that the uncivilised and the civilised race should be of the same ...
... civilised races with the similar customs and manners which exist among the uncivilised and still retain their meaning . It is not necessary for comparison of this sort that the uncivilised and the civilised race should be of the same ...
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... civilised stellar myths , and see what points they have in common . If they all agree in character , though the Greek tales are full of grace , while those of the Australians or Brazilians are rude enough , we may plausibly account for ...
... civilised stellar myths , and see what points they have in common . If they all agree in character , though the Greek tales are full of grace , while those of the Australians or Brazilians are rude enough , we may plausibly account for ...
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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.