Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... seems no reason why it should have been invented separately ( as a myth explanatory of natural phenomena or of customs might be ) in many different places . ' Apollo and the Mouse ' suggests hypothetically , as a possible explanation of ...
... seems no reason why it should have been invented separately ( as a myth explanatory of natural phenomena or of customs might be ) in many different places . ' Apollo and the Mouse ' suggests hypothetically , as a possible explanation of ...
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... seem- ingly meaningless customs or manners of civilised races with the similar customs and manners which exist among the uncivilised and still retain their meaning . It is not necessary for comparison of this sort that the uncivilised ...
... seem- ingly meaningless customs or manners of civilised races with the similar customs and manners which exist among the uncivilised and still retain their meaning . It is not necessary for comparison of this sort that the uncivilised ...
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... seems ) the Kŵvos , or bull - roarer , was whirred , the performers daubed themselves all over with clay . This we learn from a passage in which Demosthenes describes the youth of his hated adversary , Æschines . The mother of Eschines ...
... seems ) the Kŵvos , or bull - roarer , was whirred , the performers daubed themselves all over with clay . This we learn from a passage in which Demosthenes describes the youth of his hated adversary , Æschines . The mother of Eschines ...
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... seems obvious . The bull - roarer is an instrument easily invented by savages , and easily adopted into the ritual of savage mysteries . If we find the bull - roarer used in the mysteries of the most civilised of ancient peoples , the ...
... seems obvious . The bull - roarer is an instrument easily invented by savages , and easily adopted into the ritual of savage mysteries . If we find the bull - roarer used in the mysteries of the most civilised of ancient peoples , the ...
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... seems to have been attached to Cronus , or attracted into the cycle of which he is centre , without any particular reason , beyond the law which makes detached myths crystal- lise round any celebrated name . To look further is , perhaps ...
... seems to have been attached to Cronus , or attracted into the cycle of which he is centre , without any particular reason , beyond the law which makes detached myths crystal- lise round any celebrated name . To look further is , perhaps ...
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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.