Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1Chatto and Windus, 1879 |
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... things low and gradually ascended to high objects ; that from rude ages , in which adoration was directed to stock and stone , tree and reptile , the human mind climbed by degrees to the contemplation and reverence of celestial ...
... things low and gradually ascended to high objects ; that from rude ages , in which adoration was directed to stock and stone , tree and reptile , the human mind climbed by degrees to the contemplation and reverence of celestial ...
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... things were by no race considered intrinsically sacred , nor were they really worshipped until the origin of their sanctity was lost ; and even now , ages after their oracular or sym- bolical character has been forgotten , the ...
... things were by no race considered intrinsically sacred , nor were they really worshipped until the origin of their sanctity was lost ; and even now , ages after their oracular or sym- bolical character has been forgotten , the ...
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... things which have become almost or quite fetishes were by no means such at first , but were mystically connected with the heavenly elements and splendours , like the animal forms in the zodiac . In one of the earliest hymns of the Rig ...
... things which have become almost or quite fetishes were by no means such at first , but were mystically connected with the heavenly elements and splendours , like the animal forms in the zodiac . In one of the earliest hymns of the Rig ...
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... things in their large relationships . Although the exaltation in the Vedas . of Varuna as king of heaven , and as contained also in a drop of water , is in one verse , we may well recognise an immense distance in time between the two ...
... things in their large relationships . Although the exaltation in the Vedas . of Varuna as king of heaven , and as contained also in a drop of water , is in one verse , we may well recognise an immense distance in time between the two ...
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... things came with difficulty , while thorns and weeds sprang up everywhere . The evil powers seemed to be the strongest . The best deity had a touch of the demon in him . The sun is the most bene- ficent , yet he bears the sunstroke ...
... things came with difficulty , while thorns and weeds sprang up everywhere . The evil powers seemed to be the strongest . The best deity had a touch of the demon in him . The sun is the most bene- ficent , yet he bears the sunstroke ...
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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 |