Custom and MythHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 312 páginas |
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Página 75
... daughter of the King of Naz - wherever that may be . In Naz a man is never allowed to see the face of his wife till she has borne him a child - a modifi- cation of the Futa rule . The inquisitive French husband unveils his wife , and ...
... daughter of the King of Naz - wherever that may be . In Naz a man is never allowed to see the face of his wife till she has borne him a child - a modifi- cation of the Futa rule . The inquisitive French husband unveils his wife , and ...
Página 81
... daughter of a Brahman . But Pundarika Nag , being a serpent by nature , could not divest himself , even in human shape , of his forked tongue and venomed breath . And , just as Urvasi could not abide with her mortal lover , after he ...
... daughter of a Brahman . But Pundarika Nag , being a serpent by nature , could not divest himself , even in human shape , of his forked tongue and venomed breath . And , just as Urvasi could not abide with her mortal lover , after he ...
Página 88
... daughter of his host . After achieving the adventures , he elopes with the girl , and is pursued by her father . The runaway pair throw various common objects behind them , which are changed into magical obstacles and check the pursuit ...
... daughter of his host . After achieving the adventures , he elopes with the girl , and is pursued by her father . The runaway pair throw various common objects behind them , which are changed into magical obstacles and check the pursuit ...
Página 89
... daughter - let us give the Scottish version of the story . This version was written down for me , many years ago , by an aged lady in Morayshire . I published it in the ' Revue Celtique ' ; but it is probably new to story - comparers ...
... daughter - let us give the Scottish version of the story . This version was written down for me , many years ago , by an aged lady in Morayshire . I published it in the ' Revue Celtique ' ; but it is probably new to story - comparers ...
Página 93
... daughter ; the tasks imposed on the wooer ; the aid rendered by the daughter ; the flight of the pair ; the defeat or 1 Ralston , Russian Folk Tales , 132 ; Köhler , Orient und Occident , ii . 107 , 114 . 2 Ko ti ki , p . 36 . 9 ...
... daughter ; the tasks imposed on the wooer ; the aid rendered by the daughter ; the flight of the pair ; the defeat or 1 Ralston , Russian Folk Tales , 132 ; Köhler , Orient und Occident , ii . 107 , 114 . 2 Ko ti ki , p . 36 . 9 ...
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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.