Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... the method of com- parative mythology examines the proper names which occur in myths . The notion is that these names con- tain a key to the meaning of the story , and that , in fact , of the story the names are the germs 1 *
... the method of com- parative mythology examines the proper names which occur in myths . The notion is that these names con- tain a key to the meaning of the story , and that , in fact , of the story the names are the germs 1 *
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... occur also in the mysteries of savages , and that on Greek soil they are survivals of savagery . ' The Myth of Cronus ' tries to prove that the first part of the legend is a savage nature - myth 6 CUSTOM AND MYTHI . THE METHOD OF ...
... occur also in the mysteries of savages , and that on Greek soil they are survivals of savagery . ' The Myth of Cronus ' tries to prove that the first part of the legend is a savage nature - myth 6 CUSTOM AND MYTHI . THE METHOD OF ...
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... , may be given to prove that the beliefs of folklore are not peculiar to any one race or stock of men . The first case is remarkable : it occurs in Mexico and Ceylon In nor are we aware that it is found elsewhere 14 CUSTOM AND MYTH .
... , may be given to prove that the beliefs of folklore are not peculiar to any one race or stock of men . The first case is remarkable : it occurs in Mexico and Ceylon In nor are we aware that it is found elsewhere 14 CUSTOM AND MYTH .
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... occurred on August 28 , 1876 , in a bungalow some thirty miles from Badiella . The narrator occupied a new house on an estate called Allagalla . Her native servants soon asserted that the place was haunted by a Pezazi . The English ...
... occurred on August 28 , 1876 , in a bungalow some thirty miles from Badiella . The narrator occupied a new house on an estate called Allagalla . Her native servants soon asserted that the place was haunted by a Pezazi . The English ...
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... occurring in lands so remote as Ceylon and Mexico , and the singular attestation by an English lady of the actual existence of the dis- turbance , makes this youaltepuztli one of the quaintest things in the province of the folklorist ...
... occurring in lands so remote as Ceylon and Mexico , and the singular attestation by an English lady of the actual existence of the dis- turbance , makes this youaltepuztli one of the quaintest things in the province of the folklorist ...
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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.