Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Volume 1John Murray, 1929 - Animism |
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Page 80
... turn of one's chair will turn one's fortune ; the Tyrolese knows the charm for getting from the devil the gift of winning at cards and dice ; there is still a great sale on the continent for books which show how to discover , from ...
... turn of one's chair will turn one's fortune ; the Tyrolese knows the charm for getting from the devil the gift of winning at cards and dice ; there is still a great sale on the continent for books which show how to discover , from ...
Page 122
... turn on allusions intelligible at the time , but now obscure . The Moslem dream - interpretation of eggs as concerning women , because of a saying of Mohammed about women being like an egg hidden in a nest , is an example which will ...
... turn on allusions intelligible at the time , but now obscure . The Moslem dream - interpretation of eggs as concerning women , because of a saying of Mohammed about women being like an egg hidden in a nest , is an example which will ...
Page 128
... turns as certain as the spheres . ' The sieve was held hanging by a thread , or by the points of a pair of shears stuck into its rim , and it would turn , or swing , or fall , at the mention of a thief's name , and give similar signs ...
... turns as certain as the spheres . ' The sieve was held hanging by a thread , or by the points of a pair of shears stuck into its rim , and it would turn , or swing , or fall , at the mention of a thief's name , and give similar signs ...
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