Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... give his reasons for advancing in a novel direction . If this were a question of scholarship merely , it would be simply foolhardy to differ from men like Max Müller , Adalbert Kuhn , Bréal , and many others . But a revolutionary ...
... give his reasons for advancing in a novel direction . If this were a question of scholarship merely , it would be simply foolhardy to differ from men like Max Müller , Adalbert Kuhn , Bréal , and many others . But a revolutionary ...
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... gives a super- natural sanction to secrecy . When boys go through the mystic ceremony of initiation they are shown turnduns , or bull - roarers , and made to listen to their hideous din . They are then told that , if ever a woman is ...
... gives a super- natural sanction to secrecy . When boys go through the mystic ceremony of initiation they are shown turnduns , or bull - roarers , and made to listen to their hideous din . They are then told that , if ever a woman is ...
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... give the data of the swallow - myth , we must not con- clude that all beings to whom the story is attached are , therefore , the Night . On this principle Cronus would be the Night , and so would the wolf in Grimm . 1 Codrington , in ...
... give the data of the swallow - myth , we must not con- clude that all beings to whom the story is attached are , therefore , the Night . On this principle Cronus would be the Night , and so would the wolf in Grimm . 1 Codrington , in ...
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... gives her lover some hope , however that the gods promise immor- tality even to him , ' the kinsman of Death ' as he is . ' Let thine offspring worship the gods with an obla- tion ; in Heaven shalt thou too have joy of the festival ...
... gives her lover some hope , however that the gods promise immor- tality even to him , ' the kinsman of Death ' as he is . ' Let thine offspring worship the gods with an obla- tion ; in Heaven shalt thou too have joy of the festival ...
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... give a sanction to the law . ' You must never see your husband naked : think what happened to Urvasi- she vanished clean away ! ' This is the kind of warning which might be given . If the customary prohibition had grown obsolete , the ...
... give a sanction to the law . ' You must never see your husband naked : think what happened to Urvasi- she vanished clean away ! ' This is the kind of warning which might be given . If the customary prohibition had grown obsolete , the ...
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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.