The childhood of religionsD. Appleton, 1875 - 288 páginas |
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... poem tells us that as the boy lay in his cradle , ' 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 ...
... poem tells us that as the boy lay in his cradle , ' 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 ...
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... poem ) listened so gladly , a story as true as it is wonderful and as beautiful as it is true , that I want to tell you , if you too wish to open your young eyes to the sights that ever grow more charmful , and your ears to the sounds ...
... poem ) listened so gladly , a story as true as it is wonderful and as beautiful as it is true , that I want to tell you , if you too wish to open your young eyes to the sights that ever grow more charmful , and your ears to the sounds ...
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... great German family , is contained in two books known as the ' Eddas , ' a word thought to mean Great - Grandmother or Ancestress . The Elder Edda contains the old mythic poems , and the 26 [ CHAP . II . LEGENDS OF THE PAST.
... great German family , is contained in two books known as the ' Eddas , ' a word thought to mean Great - Grandmother or Ancestress . The Elder Edda contains the old mythic poems , and the 26 [ CHAP . II . LEGENDS OF THE PAST.
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Edward Clodd. Elder Edda contains the old mythic poems , and the Younger or Prose Edda such pagan legends as that just quoted , mixed with later ideas . the Alfadir , is therein thus spoken of : 6 Odin , Gangleri began his speech : " Who ...
Edward Clodd. Elder Edda contains the old mythic poems , and the Younger or Prose Edda such pagan legends as that just quoted , mixed with later ideas . the Alfadir , is therein thus spoken of : 6 Odin , Gangleri began his speech : " Who ...
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... poem , the oldest prayer of mankind , or at least of that pure branch of it to which we belong -and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered , that this name was given to the unknown God before Sanskrit was Sanskrit , and ...
... poem , the oldest prayer of mankind , or at least of that pure branch of it to which we belong -and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered , that this name was given to the unknown God before Sanskrit was Sanskrit , and ...
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