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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... roots and fruits, never enter a village or pass over ploughed 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 ...
... roots and fruits, never enter a village or pass over ploughed 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 ...
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... root up the Elm, the Pine, the Nut-tree, or indeed any other kind of tree, mind and do so when the moon is on the wane, after midday, and when there is no south wind blowing. The proper time for cutting a tree is when the seed is ripe ...
... root up the Elm, the Pine, the Nut-tree, or indeed any other kind of tree, mind and do so when the moon is on the wane, after midday, and when there is no south wind blowing. The proper time for cutting a tree is when the seed is ripe ...
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... roots of the tree, and which were interpreted as messages from the god. In the year 219 B.C. the temple and all the surrounding edifices were burned down and utterly destroyed by a band of Ætolians, and at the time of the birth of ...
... roots of the tree, and which were interpreted as messages from the god. In the year 219 B.C. the temple and all the surrounding edifices were burned down and utterly destroyed by a band of Ætolians, and at the time of the birth of ...
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... roots with wine. Mount Cælius, one of the seven hills of Rome, was at first covered with a grove of Oak trees, the Cælian Grove, and in consequence was called the Mountain of the Oak Grove. Jupiter was here worshipped as the god of the ...
... roots with wine. Mount Cælius, one of the seven hills of Rome, was at first covered with a grove of Oak trees, the Cælian Grove, and in consequence was called the Mountain of the Oak Grove. Jupiter was here worshipped as the god of the ...
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