A Child's Guide to MythologyBaker & Taylor Company, 1908 - 399 pages |
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... called " allegory , " and when he bat- tered into the castle , the only truth he could see was that all myths were allegories . According to him the Greek mythical gods , Apollo , Helios , and Hephaestos , were fire under different ...
... called " allegory , " and when he bat- tered into the castle , the only truth he could see was that all myths were allegories . According to him the Greek mythical gods , Apollo , Helios , and Hephaestos , were fire under different ...
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... called to the little fel- low to come out . This he refused to do for a long time , though she promised to wash and comb him . Being at length persuaded , he peeped out , when she pulled him forth . But whenever she touched him her ...
... called to the little fel- low to come out . This he refused to do for a long time , though she promised to wash and comb him . Being at length persuaded , he peeped out , when she pulled him forth . But whenever she touched him her ...
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... called variants of the same story . Owing to these facts mythology has been divided into two great sections . That which has risen to the dignity of a religion is called culture - lore , and that which has remained always in the form of ...
... called variants of the same story . Owing to these facts mythology has been divided into two great sections . That which has risen to the dignity of a religion is called culture - lore , and that which has remained always in the form of ...
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... called clans - all trac- ing their descent from the same animal , considered that animal to be especially their friend . They would not kill it or eat it , except in a few instances when it was killed for the purposes of sacrifice . 40 ...
... called clans - all trac- ing their descent from the same animal , considered that animal to be especially their friend . They would not kill it or eat it , except in a few instances when it was killed for the purposes of sacrifice . 40 ...
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... called , of the tribe . Among totem animals may be mentioned the following in Australia : Opossum , Swan , Duck , Fish . Most of the Australian tribes declare that the family started by a transformation of these animals into mankind ...
... called , of the tribe . Among totem animals may be mentioned the following in Australia : Opossum , Swan , Duck , Fish . Most of the Australian tribes declare that the family started by a transformation of these animals into mankind ...
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Amaterasu animals answered Apep Apollo arrows Balder Balna bear beautiful beaver became behold birds brother called child clouds cows cried dark daughter Dawn Demeter earth eyes father feast fell fire flowers forest Freyja Frigg giant Glooskap goddess gods Greek Greek mythology ground hand head heard heart heaven Hermes hunter hunting Indian Indra Izanagi kill lake land Leelinau light live lodge look maiden Manabozho Manito Maui mighty moon mother mountain mythology myths never night Norse Norse mythology Odin Odysseus old wolf Osseo passed Paup-puk-keewiss Phaëton Phoebus pomelo Prince Ivan Rabbit replied Rig Veda rock sacred shining sister song soon Spirit spring stars stood story Tawhiri-ma-tea tell thee things Thor thou thought thunder told took trees turned voice White Hawk wife wind wings wonderful wood woodpecker worship Wunzh young Zeus
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Page 174 - We need no longer rely on hunting alone; for, as long as this gift is cherished and taken care of, the ground itself will give us a living." He then pulled an ear. "See, my father," said he, "this is what I fasted for.
Page 232 - The senior took his seat, and cleared away the trees from his ears to listen. At a given signal Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower Midas, who happened to be present. Then Tmolus turned his head toward the Sun-god, and all his trees turned with him. Apollo rose ; his brow wreathed with Parnassian laurel, while his robe of Tyrian purple swept the ground. In his left hand he held the lyre, and with his right hand struck the...
Page 158 - Fluttring among the olives wantonly, That seem'd to live, so like it was in sight: The velvet nap which on his wings doth lie, The silken downe with which his backe is dight, His broad outstretched homes, his hayrie thies, His glorious colours, and his glistering eies.
Page 146 - Muses' mountain Helicon, and Haemus; Aetna, with fires within and without, and Parnassus, with his two peaks, and Rhodope, forced at last to part with his snowy crown. Her cold climate was no protection to Scythia, Caucasus burned, and Ossa and Pindus, and, greater than both, Olympus; the Alps high in air, and the Apennines crowned with clouds.
Page 174 - The summer was now drawing towards a close, when one day, after a long absence in hunting, Wunzh invited his father to follow him to the quiet and lonesome spot of his former fast. The...
Page 175 - Wunzh then communicated to his father the instructions given to him by the stranger. He told him that the broad husks must be torn away, as he had pulled off the garments in his wrestling, and having done this...
Page 141 - And, by my troth, had I known beforehand that thou hadst so much strength in thee, and wouldst have brought me so near to a great mishap, I would not have suffered thee to enter this time. Know then that I have all along deceived thee by my illusions; first in the forest, where...
Page 52 - and must be clothed; it is now warm, but the skies will change, and bring rains, and snow, and cold winds." Having said this, he also imparted the gift of fire, and instructed him how to roast the flesh. He then placed a collar of wampum around his neck. " This," said he, " is your authority over all beasts.
Page 223 - Baldur fell, the gods were struck speechless with horror, and then they looked at each other and all were of one mind to lay hands on him who had done the deed, but they were obliged to delay their vengeance out of respect for the sacred place where they were assembled.
Page 83 - The first to make his appearance was the bear, who took a long and steady draught; then came the deer, the opossum, and such others of the family as are noted for their comfortable case. The moose and bison were slack in their cups, and the partridge, always lean in flesh, looked on till the supply was nearly gone. There was not a drop left by the time the hare and the martin appeared on the shore of the lake, and they are, in consequence, the slenderest of all creatures. When this ceremony was over,...