Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... look for a country where a similar practice is found , and where the practice is no longer irrational and anomalous ... looks quite unintelligible . When a wild tribe of Red Indians does the same thing , as a trial of courage , with real ...
... look for a country where a similar practice is found , and where the practice is no longer irrational and anomalous ... looks quite unintelligible . When a wild tribe of Red Indians does the same thing , as a trial of courage , with real ...
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... look upon it . The Chepara tribe , who call it bribbun , have a custom that , if seen by a woman , or shown by a man to a woman , the punishment to both is death . ' Among the Kurnai , the sacred mystery of the turndun is preserved by a ...
... look upon it . The Chepara tribe , who call it bribbun , have a custom that , if seen by a woman , or shown by a man to a woman , the punishment to both is death . ' Among the Kurnai , the sacred mystery of the turndun is preserved by a ...
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... look upon the bull - roarer . Finally , the South African evidence , which is supplied by letters from a correspondent of Mr. Tylor's , proves that in South Africa , too , the bull - roarer is em- ployed to call the men to the ...
... look upon the bull - roarer . Finally , the South African evidence , which is supplied by letters from a correspondent of Mr. Tylor's , proves that in South Africa , too , the bull - roarer is em- ployed to call the men to the ...
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... look further is , perhaps , chercher raison où il n'y en a pas . The conclusion of the story of Cronus runs thus : - He wedded his sister , Rhea , and begat children— Demeter , Hera , Hades , Poseidon , and , lastly , Zeus . ' And ...
... look further is , perhaps , chercher raison où il n'y en a pas . The conclusion of the story of Cronus runs thus : - He wedded his sister , Rhea , and begat children— Demeter , Hera , Hades , Poseidon , and , lastly , Zeus . ' And ...
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... look for from Greeks . The explanation is , that the Greeks had advanced out of a savage state of mind and society , but had retained their old myths , myths evolved in the savage stage , and in harmony with that condition of fancy ...
... look for from Greeks . The explanation is , that the Greeks had advanced out of a savage state of mind and society , but had retained their old myths , myths evolved in the savage stage , and in harmony with that condition of fancy ...
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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.