Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... ideas attained by the method have been so popularised that 1 Compare De Cara : Essame Critico , xx . i . 2 Revue de l'Hist . des Rel . ii . 136 . they are actually made to enter into the education of INTRODUCTION . 3.
... ideas attained by the method have been so popularised that 1 Compare De Cara : Essame Critico , xx . i . 2 Revue de l'Hist . des Rel . ii . 136 . they are actually made to enter into the education of INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... ideas . common to savages . ( Cupid and Psyche ' traces another Aryan myth among savage races , and attempts to show that the myth may have had its origin in a rule of barbarous etiquette . ' A Far - travelled Tale ' examines a part of ...
... ideas . common to savages . ( Cupid and Psyche ' traces another Aryan myth among savage races , and attempts to show that the myth may have had its origin in a rule of barbarous etiquette . ' A Far - travelled Tale ' examines a part of ...
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... ideas of savages , which are still retained , in rude enough shape , by the European peasantry . Lastly , he observes that a few similar customs and ideas survive in the most conservative elements of the life of educated peoples , in ...
... ideas of savages , which are still retained , in rude enough shape , by the European peasantry . Lastly , he observes that a few similar customs and ideas survive in the most conservative elements of the life of educated peoples , in ...
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... ideas , and the myths and usages of the educated classes in 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 ...
... ideas , and the myths and usages of the educated classes in 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 ...
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... idea at the basis of the superstitious practice which links the shores of the Pacific with our own northern coast . Just as a portion of the yule - log and of the Christ- mas bread were kept all the year through , a kind of nest - egg ...
... idea at the basis of the superstitious practice which links the shores of the Pacific with our own northern coast . Just as a portion of the yule - log and of the Christ- mas bread were kept all the year through , a kind of nest - egg ...
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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.