Myths and DreamsChatto and Windus, 1885 - 251 páginas |
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... sober treatment of it was impossible . But now that myth , with its prolific offspring , legend and tradition , is seen to be a necessary travailing through which the mind of man passed in its slow progress MYTH : ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH . 5.
... sober treatment of it was impossible . But now that myth , with its prolific offspring , legend and tradition , is seen to be a necessary travailing through which the mind of man passed in its slow progress MYTH : ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH . 5.
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Edward Clodd. which the mind of man passed in its slow progress towards certitude , the study and comparison of its manifold , yet , at the centre , allied forms , and of the conditions out of which they arose , takes rank among the ...
Edward Clodd. which the mind of man passed in its slow progress towards certitude , the study and comparison of its manifold , yet , at the centre , allied forms , and of the conditions out of which they arose , takes rank among the ...
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... passed by we secure as of lasting worth . Much of that literature is , however , new , for the impetus which has in our time been given to the rescue and preser- vation of archaic forms has reached this , and a host of accomplished ...
... passed by we secure as of lasting worth . Much of that literature is , however , new , for the impetus which has in our time been given to the rescue and preser- vation of archaic forms has reached this , and a host of accomplished ...
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... passed through the villages . In such a case the mother would run after him and beg for a hair from the dog's tail , which would be put to the part bitten , or when the missionary would say jocosely , " Oh ! take a hair from the dog ...
... passed through the villages . In such a case the mother would run after him and beg for a hair from the dog's tail , which would be put to the part bitten , or when the missionary would say jocosely , " Oh ! take a hair from the dog ...
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... passing reference here . A widespread body of myth has its source in the patches on the moon's face . In the Samoan Islands these are said to be a woman , a child , and a mallet . A woman was once hammering out paper - cloth , and ...
... passing reference here . A widespread body of myth has its source in the patches on the moon's face . In the Samoan Islands these are said to be a woman , a child , and a mallet . A woman was once hammering out paper - cloth , and ...
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A. B. GROSART Abipones Algonquin ancestors ancient animals Aryan Aryan Nations beast bird body breath CHARLES civilised cloth extra cloth limp Coloured conception Cronus Crown 8vo custom dark dead death deity demons Demy 8vo disease doctrine dreams earth Edited Eskimo Essays existence eyes familiar spirit Fcap folk-lore folk-tales Frontispiece ghost gilt gods Greek Grimm's law heart heaven Hebrew HENRY VAN LAUN human ideas Illus illustrated boards Indian killed Koshchei language legend lest living Love man's Max Müller meaning mediæval mind moon myth mythology nature night notions Novels numerous Illustrations origin passed phenomena PICCADILLY NOVELS play Poems Portrait Post 8vo primitive prince Punchkin races relics religion round Sanskrit savage shadow Sheol sleep solar sorcerer soul spirit stone story survival tells theory things thought Three Vols tion totem tree tribes Vritra whilst wind words
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