Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... theory that a sense of the Infinite is the germ 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 ...
... theory that a sense of the Infinite is the germ 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 ...
Página 43
... theory is quite unnecessary . The bull - roarer is a very simple invention . Anyone might find out that a bit of sharpened wood , tied to a string , makes , when whirred , a roaring noise . Supposing that discovery made , it is soon ...
... theory is quite unnecessary . The bull - roarer is a very simple invention . Anyone might find out that a bit of sharpened wood , tied to a string , makes , when whirred , a roaring noise . Supposing that discovery made , it is soon ...
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... ' We have found a good deal of the sort in Africa and America , where it seems not out of place . 1 Selected Essays , i . 460 . 2 Ibid . i . 311 . One objection to Mr. Müller's theory is , that it 58 CUSTOM AND MYTH .
... ' We have found a good deal of the sort in Africa and America , where it seems not out of place . 1 Selected Essays , i . 460 . 2 Ibid . i . 311 . One objection to Mr. Müller's theory is , that it 58 CUSTOM AND MYTH .
Página 59
... theory , therefore , is of no practical service . The theory of Adalbert Kuhn , one of the most famous of Sanskrit scholars , and author of ' Die Herabkunft des Feuers , ' is directly opposed to the ideas of Mr Müller . In Cronus , Mr ...
... theory , therefore , is of no practical service . The theory of Adalbert Kuhn , one of the most famous of Sanskrit scholars , and author of ' Die Herabkunft des Feuers , ' is directly opposed to the ideas of Mr Müller . In Cronus , Mr ...
Página 60
... theory is the daring speculation of Mr. Brown . In ' The Great Dionysiak Myth ' Mr. Brown writes : ' I regard Kronos as the equivalent of Karnos , Karnaios , Karnaivis , the Horned God ; Assyrian , KaRNu ; Hebrew , KeReN , horn ...
... theory is the daring speculation of Mr. Brown . In ' The Great Dionysiak Myth ' Mr. Brown writes : ' I regard Kronos as the equivalent of Karnos , Karnaios , Karnaivis , the Horned God ; Assyrian , KaRNu ; Hebrew , KeReN , horn ...
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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.