Forest Folklore, Mythology, and RomanceAllen & Unwin, 1928 - 319 Seiten |
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... whole globe that to the inhabitants of other planets this world would probably be known as the green star . A strange picture indeed , these forests , with their towering reeds and their gigantic club- mosses , must have presented had ...
... whole globe that to the inhabitants of other planets this world would probably be known as the green star . A strange picture indeed , these forests , with their towering reeds and their gigantic club- mosses , must have presented had ...
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... whole canopied with leafy boughs whence the feathered orchestra of the woods pour forth their divine melody . It is recorded that the monk of Hildesheim , doubting how with God a thousand years could be as yesterday , listened to the ...
... whole canopied with leafy boughs whence the feathered orchestra of the woods pour forth their divine melody . It is recorded that the monk of Hildesheim , doubting how with God a thousand years could be as yesterday , listened to the ...
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... whole mind on Brahma . One of the precepts given to attain this high life is : " Let him not desire to live , let him not desire to die ; let him wait for his appointed time as a servant waits for the payment of his wages . ' I Buddha ...
... whole mind on Brahma . One of the precepts given to attain this high life is : " Let him not desire to live , let him not desire to die ; let him wait for his appointed time as a servant waits for the payment of his wages . ' I Buddha ...
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... whole of the interior of Ceylon is one huge tropical forest where trees peculiar to the Tropics are found growing side by side with those of the Temperate Zone . The Cotton plant or shrub attains almost to the dimensions of a tree ...
... whole of the interior of Ceylon is one huge tropical forest where trees peculiar to the Tropics are found growing side by side with those of the Temperate Zone . The Cotton plant or shrub attains almost to the dimensions of a tree ...
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... whole of them would bear but a small proportion to that of the Amazon . In North America alone , is there anything approaching to it , where the whole country east of the Mississippi and about the great lakes is , or has been , an ...
... whole of them would bear but a small proportion to that of the Amazon . In North America alone , is there anything approaching to it , where the whole country east of the Mississippi and about the great lakes is , or has been , an ...
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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