Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... supposed persons , whose names had originally been mere ' appellations . ' In conformity with this hypothesis the method of com- parative mythology examines the proper names which occur in myths . The notion is that these names con ...
... supposed persons , whose names had originally been mere ' appellations . ' In conformity with this hypothesis the method of com- parative mythology examines the proper names which occur in myths . The notion is that these names con ...
Página 136
... supposed in the Pacific Islands to be male and female and to propagate their species . Animals are believed to have human or superhuman intelligence , and speech , if they choose to exercise the gift . Stars are just on the same footing ...
... supposed in the Pacific Islands to be male and female and to propagate their species . Animals are believed to have human or superhuman intelligence , and speech , if they choose to exercise the gift . Stars are just on the same footing ...
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... supposed myths about clouds and stars , it is enough for our purpose to observe that herbs really have medi- cinal properties , and that untutored people invariably confound medicine with magic . A plant or root is thought to possess ...
... supposed myths about clouds and stars , it is enough for our purpose to observe that herbs really have medi- cinal properties , and that untutored people invariably confound medicine with magic . A plant or root is thought to possess ...
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... supposed that Homer's moly was rue , there would be some interest in the knowledge . Rue was called ' herb of grace ' in English , holy water was sprinkled with it , and the name is a translation of Homer's φάρμακον ἐσθλόν . Perhaps rue ...
... supposed that Homer's moly was rue , there would be some interest in the knowledge . Rue was called ' herb of grace ' in English , holy water was sprinkled with it , and the name is a translation of Homer's φάρμακον ἐσθλόν . Perhaps rue ...
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... supposed old Accadian myth of the star which watches over the solar hero retained its vitality in Greek , and leaving . the star clung to the herb , that Homer used an ' Akkado - Kappadokian ' myth , and that , many ages after , the ...
... supposed old Accadian myth of the star which watches over the solar hero retained its vitality in Greek , and leaving . the star clung to the herb , that Homer used an ' Akkado - Kappadokian ' myth , and that , many ages after , the ...
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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.