Forest Folklore, Mythology and RomanceRead Books Ltd, 28.06.2021 - 320 Seiten A comprehensive guide to forest folklore, including European and Asian mythology. First published in 1928, this volume was written by Alexander Porteous and details the lore and mythology behind many European and Asian beliefs and customs. The contents include:
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... ground is carpeted with mosses and flowers, while all around the view is bounded by gigantic trunks of trees each clad with many- coloured lichens, and the whole canopied with leafy boughs whence the feathered orchestra of the woods ...
... ground is carpeted with mosses and flowers, while all around the view is bounded by gigantic trunks of trees each clad with many- coloured lichens, and the whole canopied with leafy boughs whence the feathered orchestra of the woods ...
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... ground, and dress himself in skins, or coverings made of bark. This hermit life was considered to be the culmination of their existence. The ascetic life was also highly recommended, as a great portion of it was passed in the forests ...
... ground, and dress himself in skins, or coverings made of bark. This hermit life was considered to be the culmination of their existence. The ascetic life was also highly recommended, as a great portion of it was passed in the forests ...
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... ground. Laying his hands on them, he forbade them to fight, and lo! in a moment they became two human beings, a man and wife, who thanked Yvon for releasing them from an enchantment under which they had been laid as a punishment for ...
... ground. Laying his hands on them, he forbade them to fight, and lo! in a moment they became two human beings, a man and wife, who thanked Yvon for releasing them from an enchantment under which they had been laid as a punishment for ...
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... ground or natural woodland, but has been considered to have been derived from the Latin foris, meaning “out-of-doors,” and thus the unenclosed open land. Dr. Wedgwood, however, considered it to be a modified form of the Welsh gores ...
... ground or natural woodland, but has been considered to have been derived from the Latin foris, meaning “out-of-doors,” and thus the unenclosed open land. Dr. Wedgwood, however, considered it to be a modified form of the Welsh gores ...
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... ground, if they did not meddle with the standing timber.”1 The forests of the primeval world consisted of many varieties of trees and shrubs, and when the older plants reached their limit of life they disappeared, others taking their ...
... ground, if they did not meddle with the standing timber.”1 The forests of the primeval world consisted of many varieties of trees and shrubs, and when the older plants reached their limit of life they disappeared, others taking their ...
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abode Æneid Africa ancient Apollo appear Ash tree bark bear beautiful became believed birds branches Buddha called Chaldea considered countries dead Demons divine earth Elves enchanted Evil Spirits Fairy Mythology famous fell fire flowers forest fruit goddess gods Golden Bough grew Grim ground growing Gubernatis heard heaven holy hunting Ibid Indian inhabited Irminsul island J. G. Frazer Keightley’s King known land Land of Punt leaf leaves legend tells Lewis Spence live magic mankind Māui mentions moon mountains Myth Mythologie des Plantes natives night Nymphs Oak tree once origin Palm Pausanias Pine Pippala priest primitive race resembling river romance roots sacred grove sacred tree says seen serpent shade Silk-cotton tree soul speaking spot sprang Stallybrass tale temple Teut thorns told tradition travellers tribes trunk village wandering wife Wild Huntsman witches wood World Tree worship Yggdrasil Zeus