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Moncure Daniel Conway. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE indications given in the body of this work of its general scheme and scope are so liable to be overlooked , that I avail myself of this opportunity to give them pro- minence in a ...
Moncure Daniel Conway. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE indications given in the body of this work of its general scheme and scope are so liable to be overlooked , that I avail myself of this opportunity to give them pro- minence in a ...
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... body had been huddled into a hole : this revived the legend , and pro- bably added some of those traits which make it a true bit of mosaic in the mythology of Astræa.2 The fabled ' fall of Lucifer ' really signifies a process similar to ...
... body had been huddled into a hole : this revived the legend , and pro- bably added some of those traits which make it a true bit of mosaic in the mythology of Astræa.2 The fabled ' fall of Lucifer ' really signifies a process similar to ...
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... body ere breath has quite gone , and travel to the edge of a cliff facing the setting sun ( Rā ) . A large wave now approaches the base of the cliff , and a gigantic bua tree , covered with fragrant blossoms , springs up from Avaiki ...
... body ere breath has quite gone , and travel to the edge of a cliff facing the setting sun ( Rā ) . A large wave now approaches the base of the cliff , and a gigantic bua tree , covered with fragrant blossoms , springs up from Avaiki ...
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... body , and the body might be made to appear by firing a gun over it - that is , the demon hold- ing it would be frightened off . A variant , too , is the Persian custom of protecting a woman in parturition by spreading a table , with a ...
... body , and the body might be made to appear by firing a gun over it - that is , the demon hold- ing it would be frightened off . A variant , too , is the Persian custom of protecting a woman in parturition by spreading a table , with a ...
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... bodies ; but it has been developed in some strange way to the Slavonic phantom called Vam- pyre , whose peculiar ... body is taken out and a stake driven through it , always by a single blow . A related class of demons are the ...
... bodies ; but it has been developed in some strange way to the Slavonic phantom called Vam- pyre , whose peculiar ... body is taken out and a stake driven through it , always by a single blow . A related class of demons are the ...
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