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Page 93
... nights of the week.1 ) Such , too , is the Greek riddle of the two sisters , Day and Night , who gave birth each to the other to be born of her again : Εἰσὶ κασίγνηται διτταί , ὧν ἡ μία τίκτει Τὴν ἑτέραν , αὐτὴ δὲ τεκοῦσ ̓ ὑπὸ τῆσδε ...
... nights of the week.1 ) Such , too , is the Greek riddle of the two sisters , Day and Night , who gave birth each to the other to be born of her again : Εἰσὶ κασίγνηται διτταί , ὧν ἡ μία τίκτει Τὴν ἑτέραν , αὐτὴ δὲ τεκοῦσ ̓ ὑπὸ τῆσδε ...
Page 104
... night what was built during the day . So late as 1843 , in Germany , when a new bridge was built at Halle , a notion was abroad among the people that a child was wanted to be built into the foundation . These ideas of church or wall or ...
... night what was built during the day . So late as 1843 , in Germany , when a new bridge was built at Halle , a notion was abroad among the people that a child was wanted to be built into the foundation . These ideas of church or wall or ...
Page 105
... night what the three hundred masons built by day . The fiend must be appeased by a human sacrifice , the first of the three wives who should come bringing food to the workmen . All three brothers swore to keep the dreadful secret from ...
... night what the three hundred masons built by day . The fiend must be appeased by a human sacrifice , the first of the three wives who should come bringing food to the workmen . All three brothers swore to keep the dreadful secret from ...
Page 140
... Nights , ' vol . i . p . 30 ; Grimm , ' D. M. ' pp . 435 , 465 , 1056 ; Bastian , ' Mensch , ' vol . ii . pp . 265 , 287 ; vol . iii . p . 204 ; D. Wilson , ' Prehistoric Annals of Scotland , ' vol . ii . p . 126 ; Wuttke ...
... Nights , ' vol . i . p . 30 ; Grimm , ' D. M. ' pp . 435 , 465 , 1056 ; Bastian , ' Mensch , ' vol . ii . pp . 265 , 287 ; vol . iii . p . 204 ; D. Wilson , ' Prehistoric Annals of Scotland , ' vol . ii . p . 126 ; Wuttke ...
Page 143
... night - side of nature , ' nor have these stories changed either their strength to those who are dis- posed to believe them , or their weakness to those who are not . As of old , men live now in habitual intercourse with the spirits of ...
... night - side of nature , ' nor have these stories changed either their strength to those who are dis- posed to believe them , or their weakness to those who are not . As of old , men live now in habitual intercourse with the spirits of ...
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