An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and FolklorePaul, 1881 - 380 Seiten |
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... human genius , should contain anything like the stories of Cinderella or Bluebeard , of Beauty and the Beast , of Big Bird Dan or the Shifty Lad , was a thought not to be entertained for a moment . The dignity of the Homeric poets would ...
... human genius , should contain anything like the stories of Cinderella or Bluebeard , of Beauty and the Beast , of Big Bird Dan or the Shifty Lad , was a thought not to be entertained for a moment . The dignity of the Homeric poets would ...
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... epic poem is a popular tale to which the highest human genius has im- parted a peculiar charm ; and the same genius might have Apollodoros , iii . 3. 1 . MATERIALS OF POPULAR TRADITION . 7 handled in like manner 6 MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE .
... epic poem is a popular tale to which the highest human genius has im- parted a peculiar charm ; and the same genius might have Apollodoros , iii . 3. 1 . MATERIALS OF POPULAR TRADITION . 7 handled in like manner 6 MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE .
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... human beings or of gods with human forms and human appetites appear in the other as names of clouds or storms , light or darkness , mountains , trees , waters , or other objects of the outward world . Thus , in Greek , the words ...
... human beings or of gods with human forms and human appetites appear in the other as names of clouds or storms , light or darkness , mountains , trees , waters , or other objects of the outward world . Thus , in Greek , the words ...
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... human genius ; in others it may remain tame by comparison , or uncouth , or rough . But wherever we go , in the west , the north , or the east , we are confronted by fabrics of popular tradition built up of the same materials ...
... human genius ; in others it may remain tame by comparison , or uncouth , or rough . But wherever we go , in the west , the north , or the east , we are confronted by fabrics of popular tradition built up of the same materials ...
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... human being for injuring a helpless and unoffending creature ; and in both the offender is made to bring about the catastrophe by his own voluntary acts . In the German story the wrong is done by a carter to a dog , which he ...
... human being for injuring a helpless and unoffending creature ; and in both the offender is made to bring about the catastrophe by his own voluntary acts . In the German story the wrong is done by a carter to a dog , which he ...
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