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... Moon : Eclipse and Sunset , as Hero or Maiden swallowed by Monster ; Rising of Sun from Sea and Descent to Under - World ; Jaws of Night and Death , Symplegades ; Eye of Heaven , Eye of Odin and the Graiæ - Sun and Moon as mythic ...
... Moon : Eclipse and Sunset , as Hero or Maiden swallowed by Monster ; Rising of Sun from Sea and Descent to Under - World ; Jaws of Night and Death , Symplegades ; Eye of Heaven , Eye of Odin and the Graiæ - Sun and Moon as mythic ...
Page 121
... moon and eleven stars , of the vine and the basket of meats , of the lean and fat kine , and the thin and full corn - ears . Oneiromancy , thus symbolically interpreting the things seen in dreams , is not unknown to the lower races . A ...
... moon and eleven stars , of the vine and the basket of meats , of the lean and fat kine , and the thin and full corn - ears . Oneiromancy , thus symbolically interpreting the things seen in dreams , is not unknown to the lower races . A ...
Page 129
... moon , the natives naturally imagine the two as enemy and fortress ; if the planet is above , the foe will have the upper hand ; but if below , then the men of the soil will be able to defend themselves.1 Though the early history of ...
... moon , the natives naturally imagine the two as enemy and fortress ; if the planet is above , the foe will have the upper hand ; but if below , then the men of the soil will be able to defend themselves.1 Though the early history of ...
Page 130
... moon . Among classical precepts are these to set eggs under the hen at new moon , but to root up trees when the moon is on the wane , and after midday . The Lithuanian precept to wean boys on a wax- ing , but girls on a waning moon , no ...
... moon . Among classical precepts are these to set eggs under the hen at new moon , but to root up trees when the moon is on the wane , and after midday . The Lithuanian precept to wean boys on a wax- ing , but girls on a waning moon , no ...
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... moon in the twelfth house , she clearly signifies the prisoner . The moon is in a moveable sign , and moves in the twenty - four hours , 14 ° 17 ' . She is , therefore , swift in motion . These things indicated that the prisoner would ...
... moon in the twelfth house , she clearly signifies the prisoner . The moon is in a moveable sign , and moves in the twenty - four hours , 14 ° 17 ' . She is , therefore , swift in motion . These things indicated that the prisoner would ...
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