Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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Página 54
... society , but had retained their old myths , myths evolved in the savage stage , and in harmony with that condition of fancy . Among the Kaffirs 2 we find the same ' swallow - myth . ' The Igongqongqo swal- lows all and sundry ; a woman ...
... society , but had retained their old myths , myths evolved in the savage stage , and in harmony with that condition of fancy . Among the Kaffirs 2 we find the same ' swallow - myth . ' The Igongqongqo swal- lows all and sundry ; a woman ...
Página 65
... society of Pururavas , is leaving him ' like the ' That Pururavas is regarded as a mortal man , in relations with some sort of spiritual mistress , appears from the poem itself ( v . 8 , 9 , 18 ) . The human character of Pururavas also ...
... society of Pururavas , is leaving him ' like the ' That Pururavas is regarded as a mortal man , in relations with some sort of spiritual mistress , appears from the poem itself ( v . 8 , 9 , 18 ) . The human character of Pururavas also ...
Página 74
... Society . The Kaffirs call this etiquette ' Hlonipa . ' It applies to women as well as men . A Kaffir bride is not called by her own name in her husband's village , but is spoken of as ' mother of so and so , ' even before she has borne ...
... Society . The Kaffirs call this etiquette ' Hlonipa . ' It applies to women as well as men . A Kaffir bride is not called by her own name in her husband's village , but is spoken of as ' mother of so and so , ' even before she has borne ...
Página 177
... society , two worlds , of which the one does not know how the other lives . The class whose literature we inherit , under whose institutions we live , at whose shrines we worship , has changed as outworn raiment its manners , its gods ...
... society , two worlds , of which the one does not know how the other lives . The class whose literature we inherit , under whose institutions we live , at whose shrines we worship , has changed as outworn raiment its manners , its gods ...
Página 180
... society is deeply moved , philosophers plunge into controversy , and he who grubs among the dusty tracts of the past finds a world of fugitive literature on forgotten bogies . Chairs move un- touched by human hands , and tables walk ...
... society is deeply moved , philosophers plunge into controversy , and he who grubs among the dusty tracts of the past finds a world of fugitive literature on forgotten bogies . Chairs move un- touched by human hands , and tables walk ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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.