Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... head was surrounded by a brilliant halo , and his breast was covered with squares ; he said , ' Look at me , my name is Oshauwauegeeghick , the Bright Blue Sky ! ' Recording her experience afterwards in the rude picture - writing of her ...
... head was surrounded by a brilliant halo , and his breast was covered with squares ; he said , ' Look at me , my name is Oshauwauegeeghick , the Bright Blue Sky ! ' Recording her experience afterwards in the rude picture - writing of her ...
Page 331
... head and body of the dissevered demon , by which conception the Eclipse - monster is most ingeniously adapted to advanced astronomy , the head and tail being identified with the ascending and descending nodes . The following remarks on ...
... head and body of the dissevered demon , by which conception the Eclipse - monster is most ingeniously adapted to advanced astronomy , the head and tail being identified with the ascending and descending nodes . The following remarks on ...
Page 390
... heads Do grow beneath their shoulders . ' If , however , we look in dictionaries for the Acephali , we may find not ... head , ' the metaphor is even more plain and natural . " Moslem legend tells of the 1 Ælian , iv . 46 ; Plin . vi ...
... heads Do grow beneath their shoulders . ' If , however , we look in dictionaries for the Acephali , we may find not ... head , ' the metaphor is even more plain and natural . " Moslem legend tells of the 1 Ælian , iv . 46 ; Plin . vi ...
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