History and Chronology of the Myth-making AgeJ. Parker and Company, 1901 - 682 páginas |
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... ancient tradition . Though no one explains why men should have wasted time in their manu- facture if they were useless lies , or how , if they were made up by modern authors to suit the appetite for local history in each place , they ...
... ancient tradition . Though no one explains why men should have wasted time in their manu- facture if they were useless lies , or how , if they were made up by modern authors to suit the appetite for local history in each place , they ...
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... ancient belief the race called by the Celts Fo - mori , or men beneath ( fo ) the sea ( muir ) , the dwellers in the land lighted by the Southern sun of winter , the sea - born race of the primi- tive historical mythology preserved in ...
... ancient belief the race called by the Celts Fo - mori , or men beneath ( fo ) the sea ( muir ) , the dwellers in the land lighted by the Southern sun of winter , the sea - born race of the primi- tive historical mythology preserved in ...
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... ancient histories were framed on similar ground- plans to those used by the successive authors of the Mahāb- hārata legends , and were recited to the people at the national New Years ' festivals , as I show in Chapter VI . pp . 297 ...
... ancient histories were framed on similar ground- plans to those used by the successive authors of the Mahāb- hārata legends , and were recited to the people at the national New Years ' festivals , as I show in Chapter VI . pp . 297 ...
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... ancient writers as dwelling in each of the countries of South - eastern Asia and Europe must be looked on as grouping together , under each tribal name , persons and families whose ancestors had formed their separate unions in a very ...
... ancient writers as dwelling in each of the countries of South - eastern Asia and Europe must be looked on as grouping together , under each tribal name , persons and families whose ancestors had formed their separate unions in a very ...
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... ancient times the Bear was much nearer the North Pole than now , and revolved round it like the hand of a clock . " Also the Chinese Zodiac is represented with the Pole Star and circumpolar constel- lations in the centre . Hence arose ...
... ancient times the Bear was much nearer the North Pole than now , and revolved round it like the hand of a clock . " Also the Chinese Zodiac is represented with the Pole Star and circumpolar constel- lations in the centre . Hence arose ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Akkadian altar ancient Arjuna Ashvins Asia Minor autumnal equinox Bear became beginning bird birth Brāh Brahmanas called Canopus central chap consecrated constellation custom cycle-year descended described in Chapter Dravidian earth Eggeling eleven-months epoch father feast festival fire goddess gods Gond Greek heaven Hewitt Hibbert Lectures Hindu Hittite horse Ibid India Indra Kauravyas Kepheus king Kushika land Lect Lectures for 1887 lunar Mahabharata Mahābhārata Adi male marked measured months moon mother mother-goddess mother-tree Mundas mythology Nāga North Northern Ooraons original Orion Pandavas Parva Pausanias Phoenician Pleiades ploughing Pole Star priests primæval primitive Races of Prehistoric rain Rāma represented Rhys Rigveda ritual river round the Pole ruler Ruling Races sacred sacrifice Sanskrit Sayce slain snake Soma sons South Southern stone story summer solstice sun-bird sun-horse temple three seasons tree tribes Vedic village grove week whence winter solstice worship year-god Year's Zend Zendavesta
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Página 609 - This is the dog, That worried the cat, ' That killed the rat, • That ate the malt, ' That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 610 - That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn...
Página 610 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 609 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid.
Página 610 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 630 - Greek legend, a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
Página 611 - And the Holy One, blessed is He, came and killed the Angel of Death that slew the slaughterer that slaughtered the ox that drank the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid that father bought for two zuzim. One kid, one kid.
Página xxxix - I mile), 30 paces, 5 feet, 3 inches, and 6 tenths of an inch ! The months and seasons are determined by the revolution of Ursa Major. The tail of the constellation pointing to the east at nightfall announces the arrival of spring, pointing to the south the arrival of summer, pointing to the west the arrival of autumn, and pointing to the north the arrival of winter. This means of calculating the seasons becomes more intelligible, when it is remembered that in ancient times the Bear was much nearer...
Página 452 - A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat 'em the better they be'. 1981 Daily Telegraph 5 Feb. 1 7 It's not right to batter your wife. It is like the old saying, 'A wife, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be.
Página 457 - Dhamma-takka-ppavattana-sutta, translated in this volume, and consists of — 1. Right views. 2. High aims. 3. Right speech. 4. Upright conduct. 5. A harmless livelihood. 6. Perseverance in well-doing. 7. Intellectual activity. 8. Earnest thought. CHAPTER IV. 1. Now the Blessed One early in the morning robed himself, and taking his bowl, entered Vesali for alms : and when he had passed through Vesali, and had eaten his meal and was returning from his alms-seeking he gazed at Vesali with an elephant...