Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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... things historical and human , or in physical phenomena ? ' Professor Tiele , of Leyden , says much the same thing : The uncer- tainties are great , and there is a constant risk of taking mere jeux d'esprit for scientific results ...
... things historical and human , or in physical phenomena ? ' Professor Tiele , of Leyden , says much the same thing : The uncer- tainties are great , and there is a constant risk of taking mere jeux d'esprit for scientific results ...
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... things , it is admitted that the present results are highly disputable . In England , where one set of these results has become an article of faith , readers chiefly accept the opinions of a single etymological school , and thus escape ...
... things , it is admitted that the present results are highly disputable . In England , where one set of these results has become an article of faith , readers chiefly accept the opinions of a single etymological school , and thus escape ...
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... a sky myth . The modern interpreter forgets , first , that to the myth - maker sky did not at all mean the same thing as it means to him . Sky 1 Prim . Cult . i . 394 . meant , not an airy , infinite , radiant vault INTRODUCTION . 5.
... a sky myth . The modern interpreter forgets , first , that to the myth - maker sky did not at all mean the same thing as it means to him . Sky 1 Prim . Cult . i . 394 . meant , not an airy , infinite , radiant vault INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... thing in mythology be certain , it is that myths are always changing masters , that the old tales are always being told with new names . Where , for ex- ample , is the value of a philological analysis of the name of Jason ? As will be ...
... thing in mythology be certain , it is that myths are always changing masters , that the old tales are always being told with new names . Where , for ex- ample , is the value of a philological analysis of the name of Jason ? As will be ...
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... thing to be avoided , but , in this particular case , when a system opposed to the prevalent method has to be advocated , con- troversy is unavoidable . My respect for the learning of my distinguished adversaries is none the less great ...
... thing to be avoided , but , in this particular case , when a system opposed to the prevalent method has to be advocated , con- troversy is unavoidable . My respect for the learning of my distinguished adversaries is none the less great ...
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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.