The Child and Childhood in Folk Thought: (The Child in Primative Culture)Macmillan and Company, 1896 - 464 pages |
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... spirit being changed it becomes an animal , " a view which , as McLennan points out , " constitutes the mother the mere nurse of her child , just as a field is of the seed sown in it . " The view of Apollo , which , in the council of ...
... spirit being changed it becomes an animal , " a view which , as McLennan points out , " constitutes the mother the mere nurse of her child , just as a field is of the seed sown in it . " The view of Apollo , which , in the council of ...
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... spirit might enter the new being . In German , the " mother - feeling " makes its influence felt in the nomenclature of the lower brute creation . As contrasted with our English female donkey ( she - donkey ) , mare , ewe , ewe- lamb ...
... spirit might enter the new being . In German , the " mother - feeling " makes its influence felt in the nomenclature of the lower brute creation . As contrasted with our English female donkey ( she - donkey ) , mare , ewe , ewe- lamb ...
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... the child up into the air , she prayed , " O Goddess , Mother of Water , fill this child with thy power and virtue " ( 326. I. 263 ) . - In their invocation for the restoration of the spirit 38 The Child in Folk - Thought .
... the child up into the air , she prayed , " O Goddess , Mother of Water , fill this child with thy power and virtue " ( 326. I. 263 ) . - In their invocation for the restoration of the spirit 38 The Child in Folk - Thought .
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... spirit to the body , the Nagualists , -a native American mystic sect , of Mexico and Central America , make appeal to " Mother mine , whose robe is of precious gems , " i.e. water , regarded as " the universal mother . " The " robe of ...
... spirit to the body , the Nagualists , -a native American mystic sect , of Mexico and Central America , make appeal to " Mother mine , whose robe is of precious gems , " i.e. water , regarded as " the universal mother . " The " robe of ...
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... spirit or being known as the " elder - mother " ( hylde - moer ) , or " elder - woman " ( hilde - qvinde ) , and before elder- branches may be cut this petition is uttered : " Elder - mother , elder - mother , allow me to cut thy ...
... spirit or being known as the " elder - mother " ( hylde - moer ) , or " elder - woman " ( hilde - qvinde ) , and before elder- branches may be cut this petition is uttered : " Elder - mother , elder - mother , allow me to cut thy ...
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Page 48 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.
Page 188 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 190 - Then the little Hiawatha, Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets,, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens.
Page 52 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 29 - Murder? Ghost. Murder most foul, as in the best it is ; But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
Page 396 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 392 - Say a day, without the ever : No, no, Orlando; men are April when they woo, December when they wed : maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
Page 362 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 361 - CALL it not vain ¡—they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.
Page 158 - And they brought -young children to him, that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
References to this book
Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature Maria Nikolajeva No preview available - 1995 |