Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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... land to tenants , for services either done or to be done , these tenants could not plough or manure the land without beasts ; these beasts could not be sustained without pasture ; and pasture could not be had but in the lord's wastes ...
... land to tenants , for services either done or to be done , these tenants could not plough or manure the land without beasts ; these beasts could not be sustained without pasture ; and pasture could not be had but in the lord's wastes ...
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... land . It was the bursting forth of the Storm - god's wrath against his brethren that caused the dry land to disappear beneath the waters : the beings of ancient days who thus submerged the land were Terrible - rain , Long - continued ...
... land . It was the bursting forth of the Storm - god's wrath against his brethren that caused the dry land to disappear beneath the waters : the beings of ancient days who thus submerged the land were Terrible - rain , Long - continued ...
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... land from the deep . It is related that when Maui pulled up his fish , he found it was land , on which were houses , and stages on which to put food , and dogs barking , and fires burning , and people working . It appears , moreover ...
... land from the deep . It is related that when Maui pulled up his fish , he found it was land , on which were houses , and stages on which to put food , and dogs barking , and fires burning , and people working . It appears , moreover ...
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