Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... religion , while the sequel is a set 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 ...
... religion , while the sequel is a set 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 ...
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... religion , and that Fetichism is secondary , and a corruption . This essay also contains a defence of the evidence on which the anthropological method relies . The remaining essays are studies of the History of the Family , ' and of ...
... religion , and that Fetichism is secondary , and a corruption . This essay also contains a defence of the evidence on which the anthropological method relies . The remaining essays are studies of the History of the Family , ' and of ...
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... religious traditions and myths . Though such remains are rare in England , we may note the custom of leading the dead soldier's horse behind his master to the grave , a relic of days when the horse would have been sacrificed.2 We may A ...
... religious traditions and myths . Though such remains are rare in England , we may note the custom of leading the dead soldier's horse behind his master to the grave , a relic of days when the horse would have been sacrificed.2 We may A ...
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... religious traditions , the old vein of savage rite and belief is found very near the surface of ancient Greek religion ... religion . In sore need , a human victim was only too likely to be demanded ; while a feast - day , or a mystery ...
... religious traditions , the old vein of savage rite and belief is found very near the surface of ancient Greek religion ... religion . In sore need , a human victim was only too likely to be demanded ; while a feast - day , or a mystery ...
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... religion , and to the religion of African , Australian , and American tribes . Now , with regard to all these strange usages , what is the method of folklore ? The method is , when an apparently irrational and anomalous custom is found ...
... religion , and to the religion of African , Australian , and American tribes . Now , with regard to all these strange usages , what is the method of folklore ? The method is , when an apparently irrational and anomalous custom is found ...
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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.