Forest Folklore, Mythology, and RomanceAllen & Unwin, 1928 - 319 Seiten |
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... feet long and six wide . A fifth rock , higher and thicker than the others , closes this space on the west . The whole is covered by a huge mass of rock , at least twelve feet by seven , and from three to four feet thick . There can be ...
... feet long and six wide . A fifth rock , higher and thicker than the others , closes this space on the west . The whole is covered by a huge mass of rock , at least twelve feet by seven , and from three to four feet thick . There can be ...
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... feet in height , with an angelic face , and was wont to meet any wayfarer through the forest and endeavour to persuade him to speak to him . If he succeeded in getting one to speak to him , that hapless wight was lost for evermore ...
... feet in height , with an angelic face , and was wont to meet any wayfarer through the forest and endeavour to persuade him to speak to him . If he succeeded in getting one to speak to him , that hapless wight was lost for evermore ...
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... feet when they were instructing their disciples , or performing their religious rites , they made choice of the deepest recesses of groves and woods for their most sacred places , and groves were often planted for that purpose with ...
... feet when they were instructing their disciples , or performing their religious rites , they made choice of the deepest recesses of groves and woods for their most sacred places , and groves were often planted for that purpose with ...
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... feet to become deformed . Jacob Grim mentions a charm used by herdsmen taken from a manuscript of the fifteenth century . It runs thus : " To day my herd I drove Into Our Lady's grove , Into Abraham's ' Grim , Teut . Myth . , ed ...
... feet to become deformed . Jacob Grim mentions a charm used by herdsmen taken from a manuscript of the fifteenth century . It runs thus : " To day my herd I drove Into Our Lady's grove , Into Abraham's ' Grim , Teut . Myth . , ed ...
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... feet , grew up with renewed vigour , and formed green circles known as Fairy rings . They had their abodes in flowers and lived on the honey . Shakespeare and Spencer have immortalized them , and Dr. George Macdonald tells how Anodos ...
... feet , grew up with renewed vigour , and formed green circles known as Fairy rings . They had their abodes in flowers and lived on the honey . Shakespeare and Spencer have immortalized them , and Dr. George Macdonald tells how Anodos ...
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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