Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... elements of the life of educated peoples , in ritual , ceremonial , and religious traditions and myths . Though such remains are rare in England , we may note the custom of leading the dead soldier's horse behind his master to the grave ...
... elements of the life of educated peoples , in ritual , ceremonial , and religious traditions and myths . Though such remains are rare in England , we may note the custom of leading the dead soldier's horse behind his master to the grave ...
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... elements . Among them were Oceanus , the deep , and Hyperion , the sun- -as among the children of Earth and Heaven , in New Zealand , were the Wind and the Sea . The youngest child of the Greek Heaven and Earth was ' Cronus of crooked ...
... elements . Among them were Oceanus , the deep , and Hyperion , the sun- -as among the children of Earth and Heaven , in New Zealand , were the Wind and the Sea . The youngest child of the Greek Heaven and Earth was ' Cronus of crooked ...
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... elements which must have been introduced with alien wives . Where husband and wife , as often hap- pened , spoke different languages , the woman would inevitably bring the hearthside tales of her childhood among a people of strange ...
... elements which must have been introduced with alien wives . Where husband and wife , as often hap- pened , spoke different languages , the woman would inevitably bring the hearthside tales of her childhood among a people of strange ...
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... element in Egyptian religion . Our explanation , whether adequate or not , is not founded on an isolated case . If Apollo superseded and absorbed the worship of the mouse , he did no less for the wolf , the ram , the dolphin , and ...
... element in Egyptian religion . Our explanation , whether adequate or not , is not founded on an isolated case . If Apollo superseded and absorbed the worship of the mouse , he did no less for the wolf , the ram , the dolphin , and ...
Página 121
... elements of the heavenly bodies , by the aid of spectrum analysis . ' But what beats me about the stars , ' he observed plaintively , ' is how we come to know their names . ' This question , or rather the somewhat similar ques- tion ...
... elements of the heavenly bodies , by the aid of spectrum analysis . ' But what beats me about the stars , ' he observed plaintively , ' is how we come to know their names . ' This question , or rather the somewhat similar ques- tion ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.