Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... kind . Such is the story of the Delphic oracle , which ordered Temenos to find a man with three eyes to guide the army , which injunction he fulfilled by meeting a one - eyed man on horseback . It is curious to find this idea again in ...
... kind . Such is the story of the Delphic oracle , which ordered Temenos to find a man with three eyes to guide the army , which injunction he fulfilled by meeting a one - eyed man on horseback . It is curious to find this idea again in ...
Page 147
... kind is in full practice in China , where , like other rites of divination , it is probably ancient . It is called ' descending of the pencil , ' and is especially used by the literary classes . When a Chinese wishes to consult a god in ...
... kind is in full practice in China , where , like other rites of divination , it is probably ancient . It is called ' descending of the pencil , ' and is especially used by the literary classes . When a Chinese wishes to consult a god in ...
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... kind of interjectional derivation , that which merely describes a sound . As to the more difficult kind , which carry the sense into a new stage , Mr. Wedgwood makes out a strong case for the connexion of interjections of loathing and ...
... kind of interjectional derivation , that which merely describes a sound . As to the more difficult kind , which carry the sense into a new stage , Mr. Wedgwood makes out a strong case for the connexion of interjections of loathing and ...
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