Higden tells us in the Polychronicon, p. 195, that the witches in the Isle of Man, anciently sold winds to mariners, and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstitiones, atque... The Archaeological Review - Página 11editado por - 1890Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1809 - 562 páginas
...is an instance still more apposite than this: Ranulph Higden tells us in the Polychronicon, p. 195, that the witches in the Isle of Man, anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstitiones, atque praestigia, nam mulieres ibidem navigaturis... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 554 páginas
...is an instance still more apposite than this: Ranulph Higden tells us in the Polychronicon, p.' 195, that the witches in the Isle of Man, anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstitiones, atque praestigia, nam mulieres ibidem navigaturis... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 568 páginas
...Higden tells us in the Polychronicon, p. 195, that the witches in the Isle of Man, anciently sold isinds to mariners, and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstitiones, atque prastigia, nam mulieres ibidem navigaturis... | |
| John Walker - 1814 - 548 páginas
...the Polychromcon, p. 195, that the witches in the Isle of Manr anciently sold winds to mariner.-?, and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstiliones, atque prsestigia, nam mulieres ibidem navignturis... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 páginas
...is an instance still more apposite than this: Ranulph Higden tells us in the Polycbronicon, p. 195, that the witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. " In ilia insula vigent sortilegia, superstitiones, atque praestigia, nam mulieres ibidem navigaturis... | |
| 1829 - 402 páginas
...hung, Securely fettered by a silver thong." JVo. 52.— Vol. IX. Ranulph Higden, in the Polyehronicon, says, that the witches in the Isle of Man anciently...mariners, and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread. And if it is an opinion of ancient romance, it is one which is not entirely obliterated in modern times.... | |
| John Brand - 1842 - 312 páginas
...upon the decks, or handle the tackling." Ranulph Higden, in the " Polychronicon," p. 195, tells us that the Witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. Pompon ins Mela, who wrote in the reign of the Kmperor Claudius (P. Mela, iii. c. 6), mentions... | |
| John Brand - 1842 - 306 páginas
...them as come on purpose to consult them Ranulph Hi-den, in the " Polychronicon," 'p. 195, tells us that the Witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did. The power of confming and bestowing is attributed to Eolus in the " Odyssey." Calypso, in other... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1849 - 520 páginas
...of them as come on purpose to consult them. Ranulph Higden, in the Polychronicon, p. 195, tells us that the witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...tied upon a thread, exactly as the Laplanders did.1 The following passage is from Scot's Discovery, p. 33 : " No one endued with common sense but will... | |
| David MacRitchie - 1890 - 250 páginas
...referred to by Dr. Wallace who, when speaking of the mer-men, says : " His [seal-skin] shirt has been so fastened to the Boat, that no water can come into...selection of this practice of " selling winds " to sailors ; 2 the " Magi " being (in this detail) feminine. But the British Islanders have practised... | |
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