Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1Chatto and Windus, 1879 |
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... looks upon nature . The sun is a chariot drawn by shining steeds and driven by a refulgent deity ; the stars ascend and move by arbitrary power or command ; the tree is the bower of a spirit ; the fountain leaps from the urn of a naiad ...
... looks upon nature . The sun is a chariot drawn by shining steeds and driven by a refulgent deity ; the stars ascend and move by arbitrary power or command ; the tree is the bower of a spirit ; the fountain leaps from the urn of a naiad ...
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... Look unto Yezdan , who causeth the shadow to fall . ' But it is easy to see what must be the result when this happy family of sun - god and storm - god and fire - god , and their innumerable co - ordinate divinities , shall be divided ...
... Look unto Yezdan , who causeth the shadow to fall . ' But it is easy to see what must be the result when this happy family of sun - god and storm - god and fire - god , and their innumerable co - ordinate divinities , shall be divided ...
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... look back into ages when the fear in which worship is born had not yet been separated into its elements of awe and admiration , nor the heaven of supreme forces divided into ranks of benevolent and SOLAR ANTAGONISMS . 9 malevolent ...
... look back into ages when the fear in which worship is born had not yet been separated into its elements of awe and admiration , nor the heaven of supreme forces divided into ranks of benevolent and SOLAR ANTAGONISMS . 9 malevolent ...
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... look forward to the ages in which the moral consciousness of man begins to form the distinctions between good and evil , right and wrong , which changes cosmogony into reli- gion , and impresses every deity of the mind's creation to do ...
... look forward to the ages in which the moral consciousness of man begins to form the distinctions between good and evil , right and wrong , which changes cosmogony into reli- gion , and impresses every deity of the mind's creation to do ...
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... look upon the storm blackening the sky not as an enemy of the sun , but one of its own super- lative effects ; but some thousands of years ago , when we were all living in Eastern barbarism , we could not con- ceive that a luminary ...
... look upon the storm blackening the sky not as an enemy of the sun , but one of its own super- lative effects ; but some thousands of years ago , when we were all living in Eastern barbarism , we could not con- ceive that a luminary ...
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ages Agni Ahriman Alcestis ancient angel animal Apophis appear ascribed Azazel Azru bear beautiful become belief burning called character Chimæra christian dance dark dead death deities Demonology demons desert devil devouring diseases divine dragon Drisa earth evil eyes fables fear fiery fire flames folklore giant goat goddess gods Gog and Magog haunted head heaven hell Hindu holy human hymns India Indra Jehovah killed king Lambton Worm legend light Max Müller means Moloch monster moon moral mountain myth mythology nature night origin passed Perun popular præternatural priests primitive probably race regions religion represented Rig-Veda rock Rudra sacred Sanskrit Saranyu Satan says seen serpent slain snake soul spirits stone story superstition temples terror thee thou tion told tree tribes Typhon Vedic venom Vritra werewolf wild witch wolf word worm worship Zeus
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Dictionary of Ancient Deities Patricia Turner,Charles Russell Coulter Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2001 |