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... colour of the red lightning . They go about open - mouthed , gnashing their monstrous teeth and snuffing after human flesh . Their strength waxes most terrible in twilight , and they know how to increase its effect by all sorts of magic ...
... colour of the red lightning . They go about open - mouthed , gnashing their monstrous teeth and snuffing after human flesh . Their strength waxes most terrible in twilight , and they know how to increase its effect by all sorts of magic ...
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... coloured mares , called Haritas , a name in which Professor Max Müller has recognised the original of the Greek Charites . * The ideas of the horse - sun and the wheel - sun had naturally coalesced to form the chariot , and then the ...
... coloured mares , called Haritas , a name in which Professor Max Müller has recognised the original of the Greek Charites . * The ideas of the horse - sun and the wheel - sun had naturally coalesced to form the chariot , and then the ...
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... colour of its fresh - cut bark . Sometimes , especially in Sweden , nine kinds of wood were used , but their names are nowhere specified . The fuel for the fire was straw , heath , and brushwood , of which each household contributed its ...
... colour of its fresh - cut bark . Sometimes , especially in Sweden , nine kinds of wood were used , but their names are nowhere specified . The fuel for the fire was straw , heath , and brushwood , of which each household contributed its ...
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... visible at the point where the sun has set . It leads therefore to the heavenly mill , and its colour is that of the meal with which it is strewed . * * Kuhn , Westf . ii . 86 . CHAPTER III . FIRE AND SOUL BRINGING BIRDS AND INSECTS.
... visible at the point where the sun has set . It leads therefore to the heavenly mill , and its colour is that of the meal with which it is strewed . * * Kuhn , Westf . ii . 86 . CHAPTER III . FIRE AND SOUL BRINGING BIRDS AND INSECTS.
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... coloured narrative were desirable , but even in its present form it shows sufficiently that the Celts of Man looked upon the wren as a divine being transformed , and that they hunted the bird for the sake of its talismanic feathers ...
... coloured narrative were desirable , but even in its present form it shows sufficiently that the Celts of Man looked upon the wren as a divine being transformed , and that they hunted the bird for the sake of its talismanic feathers ...
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Agni ancient appears Aryans asvattha believed besoms Bhrigu bird bride burning called cattle chark churning clouds colour cuckoo custom dead death demon divine dragon drink earth elves England father fern fern-seed fire Freyja furious host German Gervase of Tilbury giant goddess gods golden Greek Grimm hair haoma hare hazel heaven heavenly Hindus Holda hoopoe horn horses human Indo-European Indra kindled king known Kuhn ladybird latter legend lightning Mannhardt Maruts milk mountain mythical mythology myths nature needfire night Norse Odin origin palasa peas Perchta Picus Pitris plant popular Prometheus race Rig Veda Romans round rowan sacred Sanscrit says Schwartz sieve soma souls springwort stick stork storm story tell Thor Thor's thunderbolt tradition tree Vedas Vedic village werewolf Westf wheel whilst wife wild hunt wild huntsman winds wish-rod witches Woden wolf wood word wren Yggdrasil Zeus