Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... language , as the pearl is the result of a disease of the oyster . It is argued that men at some period , or periods , spoke in a singular style of coloured and concrete language , and that their children re- tained the phrases of this ...
... language , as the pearl is the result of a disease of the oyster . It is argued that men at some period , or periods , spoke in a singular style of coloured and concrete language , and that their children re- tained the phrases of this ...
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... languages of the same family . Again , they hold it correct to compare Chaldæan and Greek myths , be- cause the Greeks and the Chaldæans were brought into contact through the Phoenicians , and by other intermediaries , such as the ...
... languages of the same family . Again , they hold it correct to compare Chaldæan and Greek myths , be- cause the Greeks and the Chaldæans were brought into contact through the Phoenicians , and by other intermediaries , such as the ...
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... languages akin to that of Greece , nor can we show that the ancestors of Greeks , Maoris , Hottentots , and Eskimo were ever in contact with each other in historical times . Now the peculiarity of the method of folklore is that it will ...
... languages akin to that of Greece , nor can we show that the ancestors of Greeks , Maoris , Hottentots , and Eskimo were ever in contact with each other in historical times . Now the peculiarity of the method of folklore is that it will ...
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... languages of alien families , and have never ( as far as history shows us ) been in actual contact . Our method throughout will be to place the usage , or myth , which is unintelligible when found among a civilised race , beside the ...
... languages of alien families , and have never ( as far as history shows us ) been in actual contact . Our method throughout will be to place the usage , or myth , which is unintelligible when found among a civilised race , beside the ...
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... language is coarse and the meaning is obscure . ' We only gather that Urvasi , though she admits her sensual content in the society of Pururavas , is leaving him ' like the ' That Pururavas is regarded as a mortal man , in relations ...
... language is coarse and the meaning is obscure . ' We only gather that Urvasi , though she admits her sensual content in the society of Pururavas , is leaving him ' like the ' That Pururavas is regarded as a mortal man , in relations ...
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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.