Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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Página 39
... follows Clemens , describe certain toys of the child Dionysus which were used in the mysteries . Among these are turbines , κώνοι , and ῥόμβοι . The ordinary dic- tionaries interpret all these as whipping - tops , adding that póμßos is ...
... follows Clemens , describe certain toys of the child Dionysus which were used in the mysteries . Among these are turbines , κώνοι , and ῥόμβοι . The ordinary dic- tionaries interpret all these as whipping - tops , adding that póμßos is ...
Página 43
... follow if a woman sees the turndun lend a sanction . This is not a random theory , without basis . In Brazil , the natives have no bull- roarer , but they have mysteries , and the presence of the women at the mysteries of the men is a ...
... follow if a woman sees the turndun lend a sanction . This is not a random theory , without basis . In Brazil , the natives have no bull- roarer , but they have mysteries , and the presence of the women at the mysteries of the men is a ...
Página 83
... follow from a speech of Pururavas in the Vedic dialogue 2 ( x . 95 , 8 , 9 ) . 1 Primitive Manners , p . 256 . 2 See Meyer , Gandharven - Kentauren , Benfey , Pantsch . , i . 263 . Mr. Max Müller translates thus : ' When I , CUPID ...
... follow from a speech of Pururavas in the Vedic dialogue 2 ( x . 95 , 8 , 9 ) . 1 Primitive Manners , p . 256 . 2 See Meyer , Gandharven - Kentauren , Benfey , Pantsch . , i . 263 . Mr. Max Müller translates thus : ' When I , CUPID ...
Página 91
... follow him . So he travelled till he came to a king's palace , and the king and queen took him in and were very kind to him . The giant's dochter left her father's house , and he pursued her and was drowned . Then she came to the king's ...
... follow him . So he travelled till he came to a king's palace , and the king and queen took him in and were very kind to him . The giant's dochter left her father's house , and he pursued her and was drowned . Then she came to the king's ...
Página 94
... follow- ing races . The Greeks have the tale , the people of Madagascar have it , the Lowland Scotch , the Celts , the Russians , the Italians , the Algonquins , the Finns , and the Samoans have it . Now if the story were confined to ...
... follow- ing races . The Greeks have the tale , the people of Madagascar have it , the Lowland Scotch , the Celts , the Russians , the Italians , the Algonquins , the Finns , and the Samoans have it . Now if the story were confined to ...
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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.