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... means the " artificers , " and not even the divine workman of Olympus was more skilled than they in all kinds of handicraft . The armour and weapons of the gods , the chariot of the Asvins ( deities of the dawn ) , the thunderbolt and ...
... means the " artificers , " and not even the divine workman of Olympus was more skilled than they in all kinds of handicraft . The armour and weapons of the gods , the chariot of the Asvins ( deities of the dawn ) , the thunderbolt and ...
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... means either " the formless " or " the water going , " and they appear to have been personifications of the manifold but ill - defined forms of the mists ; but other natural phenomena may also have been repre- sented under their image ...
... means either " the formless " or " the water going , " and they appear to have been personifications of the manifold but ill - defined forms of the mists ; but other natural phenomena may also have been repre- sented under their image ...
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... means . The German and Norse swan - maidens were in the habit of taking off their swan shirts , and leaving them on the margin of a lake , while they bathed there in human form ; but it often happened that the shirt was stolen by some ...
... means . The German and Norse swan - maidens were in the habit of taking off their swan shirts , and leaving them on the margin of a lake , while they bathed there in human form ; but it often happened that the shirt was stolen by some ...
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... means the concealer , him who covers up ; from his work in the dog - days , the same demon receives the names of Sushna , or the parcher , and Ahi ( Greek , échis ) , the serpent or dragon . Sushna steals the golden wheel of heaven ...
... means the concealer , him who covers up ; from his work in the dog - days , the same demon receives the names of Sushna , or the parcher , and Ahi ( Greek , échis ) , the serpent or dragon . Sushna steals the golden wheel of heaven ...
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... mean an evil spirit . Dêvá is derived from div , heaven ( properly " the shining " ) , and means the heavenly being . Hence it appears that certain gods were common 30 COMMON INDO - EUROPEAN GODS . to all the.
... mean an evil spirit . Dêvá is derived from div , heaven ( properly " the shining " ) , and means the heavenly being . Hence it appears that certain gods were common 30 COMMON INDO - EUROPEAN GODS . to all the.
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Agni ancient appears ARYAN RACE Aryans asvattha Asvins believed besoms Bhrigu bird burning called cattle chark churning clouds colour cuckoo custom dead death demon divine dragon drink earth Easter elves England fern fire Freyja Frodi's furious host German Gervase of Tilbury giant goddess gods golden Greek Grimm haoma hazel heaven heavenly Hindus Holda horses human Indo-European Indra John's kindled king Kuhn latter legend lightning Mannhardt Maruts means milk mountain mythical mythology myths nature needfire night Norse Odin Olaf origin palasa Perchta Pitris plant popular pramantha Prometheus race Ribhus Rig Veda Romans round rowan sacred Sanscrit says Schwartz sieve soma souls springwort stick storm story Thor Thor's thunderbolt tradition tree Varuna Vedic village Vritra werewolf Westf wheel whilst wife wild hunt winds wish-rod witches Woden wolf wood word wren Yama Yggdrasil Zeus
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Page 152 - ... and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.* Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus : — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten.
Page 153 - In a farm-yard near the middle of this village stands, at this day, a row of pollardashes, which, by the seams and long cicatrices down their sides, manifestly show that, in former times, they have been cleft asunder. These trees, when young and flexible, were severed and held open by wedges, while ruptured children, stripped naked, were pushed through the apertures, under a persuasion that, by such a process, the poor babes would be cured of their infirmity.
Page 183 - Two Hazel Nuts I threw into the Flame, And to each Nut I gave a Sweet-heart's Name. This with the loudest Bounce me sore amaz'd, That in a Flame of brightest Colour blaz'd. As blaz'd the Nut, so may thy Passion grow, For 'twas thy Nut that did so brightly glow.
Page 97 - This lady-fly I take from off the grass, Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass, " Fly, lady-bird, north, south, or east, or west, Fly where the man is found that I love best.
Page 283 - The mountains height, and all the ridges round, Yet not one trace of living wight discerns, Nor knows, o'erawed, and trembling as he stands, To what, or whom, he owes his idle fear, To ghost, to witch, to fairy, or to fiend ; But wonders, and no end of wondering finds.
Page 157 - For the purpose of regeneration, it is directed to make an image of pure gold of the female power of nature ; in the shape either of a woman or of a cow. In this statue the person to be regenerated is enclosed and dragged through the usual channel. As a statue of pure gold and of proper dimensions would be too expensive, it is sufficient to make an image of the sacred Yoni, through which the person to be regenerated .is to pass.
Page 283 - To wake the bounding stag, or guilty wolf, There oft is heard, at midnight, or at noon, Beginning faint, but rising still more loud, And nearer, voice of hunters, and of hounds, And horns, hoarse-winded, blowing far and keen :— Forthwith the hubbub multiplies ; the gale Labours with wilder...
Page 68 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone.
Page 115 - ... corpse. The late Mr Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account of Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr Frank, Mr...
Page 51 - They extinguished every fire in every house within sight of the hill ; the wheel was then turned from east to west over the nine spindles, long enough to produce fire by friction. If the fire were not produced before noon, the incantation lost its effect.