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... goddess Athene , * and was she not even called after him Glaucopis , " owl - eyed , " because her eyes , like his , were two orbs of lightning ? And , not to speak at present of other matters which may be more conveniently dealt with ...
... goddess Athene , * and was she not even called after him Glaucopis , " owl - eyed , " because her eyes , like his , were two orbs of lightning ? And , not to speak at present of other matters which may be more conveniently dealt with ...
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... is a bird of great mythic cele- brity . The Romans called it Picus , and surnamed it Martius from the god Mars , and Feronius from the Sabine goddess Feronia , who was very potent WOODPECKER . 83 in fire , and whose name also.
... is a bird of great mythic cele- brity . The Romans called it Picus , and surnamed it Martius from the god Mars , and Feronius from the Sabine goddess Feronia , who was very potent WOODPECKER . 83 in fire , and whose name also.
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... goddess , with whom he arrives in spring after her winter enchant- ment or banishment , and his red legs mark him also as a servant of the fire - god . In Hesse a wagon - wheel ( emblem of the sun ) is laid upon the roof for the stork ...
... goddess , with whom he arrives in spring after her winter enchant- ment or banishment , and his red legs mark him also as a servant of the fire - god . In Hesse a wagon - wheel ( emblem of the sun ) is laid upon the roof for the stork ...
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... goddess who sits in her radiant hall beneath the waters , and cherishes the unborn babes on her motherly bosom . Other accounts tell of a beautiful sunny garden , in the very heart of a hill or mountain ( another image of the clouds ) ...
... goddess who sits in her radiant hall beneath the waters , and cherishes the unborn babes on her motherly bosom . Other accounts tell of a beautiful sunny garden , in the very heart of a hill or mountain ( another image of the clouds ) ...
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... goddess , is described in a Hessian legend as having , in front , the form of a beautiful woman , and behind , that of a hollow tree with a rugged bark . It is not unimportant , with reference to the parsley - bed theory , that the ...
... goddess , is described in a Hessian legend as having , in front , the form of a beautiful woman , and behind , that of a hollow tree with a rugged bark . It is not unimportant , with reference to the parsley - bed theory , that the ...
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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.