Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... savage myth- ologies , I have become more and more impressed with a sense of the inadequacy of the prevalent method of comparative mythology . That method is based on the belief that myths are the result of a disease of language , as ...
... savage myth- ologies , I have become more and more impressed with a sense of the inadequacy of the prevalent method of comparative mythology . That method is based on the belief that myths are the result of a disease of language , as ...
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... savage state , as Smith and Brown are names of civilised men . For all these reasons , but chiefly because of the fact that stories are usually anonymous at first , that names are added later , and that stories naturally crystallise ...
... savage state , as Smith and Brown are names of civilised men . For all these reasons , but chiefly because of the fact that stories are usually anonymous at first , that names are added later , and that stories naturally crystallise ...
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... savage person . Secondly , the interpreter forgets that the tale ( say the tale of Zeus , Demeter , and the mutilated Ram ) may have been originally anonymous , and only later attributed to Zeus , as unclaimed jests are attributed to ...
... savage person . Secondly , the interpreter forgets that the tale ( say the tale of Zeus , Demeter , and the mutilated Ram ) may have been originally anonymous , and only later attributed to Zeus , as unclaimed jests are attributed to ...
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Andrew Lang. part of the legend is a savage nature - myth , surviving in Greek 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 ...
Andrew Lang. part of the legend is a savage nature - myth , surviving in Greek 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 ...
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... Savage Art . ' The essay on ' Savage Art ' is reprinted , by the kind . permission of Messrs . Cassell & Co. , from two num- bers ( April and May , 1882 ) of the Magazine of Art . I have to thank the editors and publishers of the ...
... Savage Art . ' The essay on ' Savage Art ' is reprinted , by the kind . permission of Messrs . Cassell & Co. , from two num- bers ( April and May , 1882 ) of the Magazine of Art . I have to thank the editors and publishers of the ...
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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.