Forest Folklore, Mythology, and RomanceAllen & Unwin, 1928 - 319 Seiten |
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... earth still retained much of its original internal heat , and the resulting close , warm and damp climate , with the super- abundant quantity of carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere , would be favourable to the growth and development of ...
... earth still retained much of its original internal heat , and the resulting close , warm and damp climate , with the super- abundant quantity of carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere , would be favourable to the growth and development of ...
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Alexander Porteous. trees would resound ; the soft cellular tissue would sink noiselessly to earth . In the waters which in all likelihood at that time constituted the greater part of the surface of the globe , strange and gigantic forms ...
Alexander Porteous. trees would resound ; the soft cellular tissue would sink noiselessly to earth . In the waters which in all likelihood at that time constituted the greater part of the surface of the globe , strange and gigantic forms ...
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... earth . . " The forests of no other part of the world are so extensive and unbroken as this . Those of Central Europe are trifling in comparison ; nor in India are they very continuous or extensive ; while the rest of Asia seems to be a ...
... earth . . " The forests of no other part of the world are so extensive and unbroken as this . Those of Central Europe are trifling in comparison ; nor in India are they very continuous or extensive ; while the rest of Asia seems to be a ...
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... earth , we may therefore look upon the New World as pre - eminently the land of forests , contrasting strongly with the Old , where steppes and deserts are the most characteristic features . " 99 I The Australian " Bush " gives an ...
... earth , we may therefore look upon the New World as pre - eminently the land of forests , contrasting strongly with the Old , where steppes and deserts are the most characteristic features . " 99 I The Australian " Bush " gives an ...
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... earth I saw , I sought wonders but found none , Foolishly I returned , foolishly I went back . Foolishly I went , Foolishly I returned thence , I sought foolishness . A fool I held myself . " The Welsh Romance of the Lady of the ...
... earth I saw , I sought wonders but found none , Foolishly I returned , foolishly I went back . Foolishly I went , Foolishly I returned thence , I sought foolishness . A fool I held myself . " The Welsh Romance of the Lady of the ...
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abode Africa ancient Apollo appear Ash tree bark bear beautiful became believed birds branches Buddha called Chaldea considered countries Date Palm dead Demons divine earth Elves enchanted Evil Spirits Fairy Mythology famous fell fire flowers forest fruit goddess gods Golden Bough green grew Grim ground growing Gubernatis heard heaven holy hunting Ibid Indian inhabited Irminsul island J. G. Frazer King known land Land of Punt leaf leaves legend tells Lewis Spence live magic mankind 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 wife Wild Huntsman witches wood World Tree worship Yggdrasil Zeus