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... called legends . Wherein does the tale differ from the legend , which also is full of wondrous deeds and of unexpected incidents ? A legend is the story written down and read , as the word legere legend is a story localised and ...
... called legends . Wherein does the tale differ from the legend , which also is full of wondrous deeds and of unexpected incidents ? A legend is the story written down and read , as the word legere legend is a story localised and ...
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... called to life again . Snakes or birds know the virtue of the herb of life and use it ; animals help to obtain the water of life guarded by mountains that open and close with the quickness of lightning , or life is kept by some uncanny ...
... called to life again . Snakes or birds know the virtue of the herb of life and use it ; animals help to obtain the water of life guarded by mountains that open and close with the quickness of lightning , or life is kept by some uncanny ...
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... called " the money field , " and coins are now and then found there . Probably it was the place of market with the troops . But a tradition recorded in 1857 by the Rev. J. W. Collins1 still lingers , to the effect that just outside the ...
... called " the money field , " and coins are now and then found there . Probably it was the place of market with the troops . But a tradition recorded in 1857 by the Rev. J. W. Collins1 still lingers , to the effect that just outside the ...
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... called a worm , " and devoured every living thing within reach . Consequently the local woodman was unable to go to the wood and cut the faggots on which his living depended . At last , however , starvation drove him to work at a time ...
... called a worm , " and devoured every living thing within reach . Consequently the local woodman was unable to go to the wood and cut the faggots on which his living depended . At last , however , starvation drove him to work at a time ...
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... called it " Stoke Curcy " ever since . his The Farringdon tradition I shall refer to again . The giant is an actual historic character , being that gigantic John de Courcy who was the first earl of Ulster , and the reluctant champion of ...
... called it " Stoke Curcy " ever since . his The Farringdon tradition I shall refer to again . The giant is an actual historic character , being that gigantic John de Courcy who was the first earl of Ulster , and the reluctant champion of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ALFRED NUTT amulets ancient animals appears B. F. Stevens Balemba belief buried called Cannington Carey Street Celtic ceremonies Champina charm child Chuna clan collection Combwich custom Danes dead death devil district evil fairies fairy-tale father female Foawr folk-lore G. E. Stechert give Gomme Greek Gullinbursti hero hill holy Homer horse Howitt husband Iliad Kamara Kings legend living London magic marriage married medals Miss mother Mythology native nganga night nkisi Odyssey origin palm wine Paltara Pananka Pausanias person Pixy poems popular Prof Public Library religion rites river Road says Shaftesbury Avenue Shumshen N'har Society Somerset songs spirit Star Yard Stolford stone story tale Taralee thou told totemism town tradition Trafalgar Square tree tribes Tungaree village W. H. D. Rouse Wales wife Wild Hunt witch woman women worn Zeus
Pasajes populares
Página 45 - Out of her brest there sprang a rose, And out of his a briar. They grew till they grew unto the church top, And then they could grow no higher ; And there they tyed in a true lovers knot, Which made all the people admire.
Página 104 - Hee carieth to to loab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the ^^t"" letter, saying, Set yee Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battel, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Página 123 - Verily she hath twelve feet all dangling down, and six necks exceeding long, and on each a hideous head, and therein three rows of teeth set thick and close, full of black death.
Página xi - IN THE CHAIR. THE minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Página 119 - Laestrygons, where herdsman hails herdsman as he drives in his flock, and the other who drives forth answers the call. There might a sleepless man have earned a double wage, the one as neat-herd, the other shepherding white flocks : so near are the outgoings of the night and of the day.
Página xii - Clodd, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the President for his address ; and a vote of thanks was also accorded to the outgoing members of Council, Mr.
Página 267 - KOREAN GAMES: WITH NOTES ON THE CORRESPONDING GAMES OF CHINA AND JAPAN, Stewart Culin.
Página 57 - A small trench some twenty feet long was dug with a hoe. The relatives took up their position on the side of the trench nearest to the grave, the medicineman stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed at the end of the trench with a large calabash of water. At a signal the water was poured into the trench, and while it was running the medicineman took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation pulled him or her over the running water. When all had been pulled over, one by one,...
Página 127 - These, ye must know, are they the blessed gods call the Rocks Wandering. By this way even winged things may never pass, nay, not even the cowering doves that bear ambrosia to Father Zeus, but the sheer rock evermore takes away one even of these, and the Father sends in another to make up the tale.
Página 139 - As it befell on a bright holiday Small hail from the sky did fall. Our Saviour asked his mother dear If he might go and play at ball. 'At ball, at ball, my own dear son, It is time that you were gone. But don't let me hear of any doings At night when you come home.