Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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Página 49
... and Maoris , Heaven and Earth were thought of as living persons , with human parts and 1 Theog . , 166 . 2 Apollodorus , i . 15 . passions . Their union was prejudicial to their children , 3 * THE MYTII OF CRONUS . 49.
... and Maoris , Heaven and Earth were thought of as living persons , with human parts and 1 Theog . , 166 . 2 Apollodorus , i . 15 . passions . Their union was prejudicial to their children , 3 * THE MYTII OF CRONUS . 49.
Página 65
... living may not eat in the land of the dead , and of Persephone's tasting the pome- granate in Hades . Of the dialogue in the Rig Veda it may be said , in the words of Mr. Toots , that ' the language is coarse and the meaning is obscure ...
... living may not eat in the land of the dead , and of Persephone's tasting the pome- granate in Hades . Of the dialogue in the Rig Veda it may be said , in the words of Mr. Toots , that ' the language is coarse and the meaning is obscure ...
Página 78
... living where the sun rose out of and set in some ocean , called the sun , as he touched the water , Bheki , the frog , and said he would die at the sight of water . They ceased to call the sun the frog , or Bheki , but kept the saying ...
... living where the sun rose out of and set in some ocean , called the sun , as he touched the water , Bheki , the frog , and said he would die at the sight of water . They ceased to call the sun the frog , or Bheki , but kept the saying ...
Página 83
... living with Wampee for some time she wearied of earth , and , by virtue of a ' mystic chain of verse , ' she ascended again to her heavenly home . Now is there any reason to believe that this in- cident was once part of the myth of ...
... living with Wampee for some time she wearied of earth , and , by virtue of a ' mystic chain of verse , ' she ascended again to her heavenly home . Now is there any reason to believe that this in- cident was once part of the myth of ...
Página 87
... as animate beings , or combines star - groups into living celestial creatures , or limbs of them , or objects connected with them . ' distribution becomes intelligible if the myth was in- vented to A FAR-TRAVELLED TALE.
... as animate beings , or combines star - groups into living celestial creatures , or limbs of them , or objects connected with them . ' distribution becomes intelligible if the myth was in- vented to A FAR-TRAVELLED TALE.
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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.