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... king for water ; the king forgot his promise , brought water , and Bhekî dis- appeared . " That is to say , the sun disappeared " * when it touched the water . Clouds , storms , rain , lightning and thunder , were the spectacles that ...
... king for water ; the king forgot his promise , brought water , and Bhekî dis- appeared . " That is to say , the sun disappeared " * when it touched the water . Clouds , storms , rain , lightning and thunder , were the spectacles that ...
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... king of the departed fathers . His brother , Manu , ( i.e. , man , ) is the chief of the living . It is manifest that Yama and Manu were originally one , but were sub- sequently divided , Manu becoming the supreme representative of ...
... king of the departed fathers . His brother , Manu , ( i.e. , man , ) is the chief of the living . It is manifest that Yama and Manu were originally one , but were sub- sequently divided , Manu becoming the supreme representative of ...
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... Norwegian legend of a more archaic kind , tells that King Olaf , of Norway , was wending his way , in deep thought , over hill and dale ; he had it in his mind to build a church , the like of ST . OLAF AND THE GIANT . 27 which should.
... Norwegian legend of a more archaic kind , tells that King Olaf , of Norway , was wending his way , in deep thought , over hill and dale ; he had it in his mind to build a church , the like of ST . OLAF AND THE GIANT . 27 which should.
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... king Yama . After the southern branch of the Aryans had entered India , Varuna was brought down from the upper regions , to be thenceforth the god of the earthly sea , which had * Zeús ( gen . Diòs ) pater ; or Diespiter = - = Dyâus ...
... king Yama . After the southern branch of the Aryans had entered India , Varuna was brought down from the upper regions , to be thenceforth the god of the earthly sea , which had * Zeús ( gen . Diòs ) pater ; or Diespiter = - = Dyâus ...
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... king's highway , and the fields bore crops unsown . In Frodi's house were two maidens of that old giant race , Fenja and Menja . These daughters of the giant he had bought as slaves , and he made them grind his quern or handmill ...
... king's highway , and the fields bore crops unsown . In Frodi's house were two maidens of that old giant race , Fenja and Menja . These daughters of the giant he had bought as slaves , and he made them grind his quern or handmill ...
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