The Golden BoughPenguin UK, 1996. aug. 29. - 944 oldal Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12 volumes. Reissued here is Frazer's own single-volume abridgement of 1922. |
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... at Nemi was Virbius. Legend hadit that Virbius was the young Greek heroHippolytus, chaste and fair, who learned theart of venery fromthe centaur Chiron, andspent all his days in the greenwood chasing wild beasts with.
... at Nemi was Virbius. Legend hadit that Virbius was the young Greek heroHippolytus, chaste and fair, who learned theart of venery fromthe centaur Chiron, andspent all his days in the greenwood chasing wild beasts with.
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... Greek counterpart of Diana) for his only comrade. Proud of her divine society, he spurned the love of women, and this proved his bane.ForAphrodite, stung by hisscorn, inspiredhis stepmother Phaedra withlove ofhim;and when he ...
... Greek counterpart of Diana) for his only comrade. Proud of her divine society, he spurned the love of women, and this proved his bane.ForAphrodite, stung by hisscorn, inspiredhis stepmother Phaedra withlove ofhim;and when he ...
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... Greek democracies had titular kings, whose duties, sofar asthey are known, seem to have beenpriestly, and to have centred round the CommonHearth ofthe state. Some Greek states had several of these titular kings, whoheldoffice ...
... Greek democracies had titular kings, whose duties, sofar asthey are known, seem to have beenpriestly, and to have centred round the CommonHearth ofthe state. Some Greek states had several of these titular kings, whoheldoffice ...
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... Greeks gavetheirname forjaundice, becauseifajaundiced man saw it,the diseaseleft him andslew thebird. He mentions alsoa stone which was supposed to cure jaundice because itshue resembled that of a jaundicedskin. Oneofthegreat merits of ...
... Greeks gavetheirname forjaundice, becauseifajaundiced man saw it,the diseaseleft him andslew thebird. He mentions alsoa stone which was supposed to cure jaundice because itshue resembled that of a jaundicedskin. Oneofthegreat merits of ...
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... Greeks andRomans sacrificed pregnant victims tothe goddesses of thecorn andof the earth, doubtless in orderthat the earth might teem and the corn swell in the ear. When a Catholic priest remonstrated withthe Indians of the Orinoco on ...
... Greeks andRomans sacrificed pregnant victims tothe goddesses of thecorn andof the earth, doubtless in orderthat the earth might teem and the corn swell in the ear. When a Catholic priest remonstrated withthe Indians of the Orinoco on ...
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Volume VI) James George Frazer Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2022 |
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