The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).Charles Mills Gayley |
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... tree sacred to his worship . The merit of the philological method is , that , tracing the name of a mythical character through kindred languages , it frequently ascertains for us the family of the myth , brings to light kindred forms of ...
... tree sacred to his worship . The merit of the philological method is , that , tracing the name of a mythical character through kindred languages , it frequently ascertains for us the family of the myth , brings to light kindred forms of ...
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... trees , stars , this belief in seeing and talking with the dead , are regarded as possible incidents of daily human life . " As the result of such scientific investigation , numerous races of savages have been found who at this present ...
... trees , stars , this belief in seeing and talking with the dead , are regarded as possible incidents of daily human life . " As the result of such scientific investigation , numerous races of savages have been found who at this present ...
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... tree containing a serpent's nest . The old serpents were killed by the slaves , but Melampus saved the young ones . One day when he was asleep under the oak , the serpents licked his ears with their tongues , enabling him to understand ...
... tree containing a serpent's nest . The old serpents were killed by the slaves , but Melampus saved the young ones . One day when he was asleep under the oak , the serpents licked his ears with their tongues , enabling him to understand ...
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... trees and men . Later still , the Giants , offspring of the blood that fell from the wound- ed Uranus , renewed the revolt against the Olym- pian gods . They were creatures nearer akin to men than were the Titans , or the Cyclopes , or ...
... trees and men . Later still , the Giants , offspring of the blood that fell from the wound- ed Uranus , renewed the revolt against the Olym- pian gods . They were creatures nearer akin to men than were the Titans , or the Cyclopes , or ...
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... trees and stones , or were produced by the rivers or the sea . Some said that men and gods were both derived from Mother Earth , hence both autoctho- nous ; and some , indeed , claimed an antiquity for the human race equal to that of ...
... trees and stones , or were produced by the rivers or the sea . Some said that men and gods were both derived from Mother Earth , hence both autoctho- nous ; and some , indeed , claimed an antiquity for the human race equal to that of ...
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