The Folk-lore of PlantsD. Appleton, 1889 - 328 páginas |
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... SACRED PLANTS • 243 XX . PLANT SUPERSTITIONS XXI . PLANTS IN FOLK - MEDICINE XXII . PLANTS AND THEIR LEGENDARY HISTORY XXIII . MYSTIC PLANTS . · 262 281 · 300 · 312 INDEX 321 Y THE FOLK - LORE OF PLANTS . CHAPTER L PLANT.
... SACRED PLANTS • 243 XX . PLANT SUPERSTITIONS XXI . PLANTS IN FOLK - MEDICINE XXII . PLANTS AND THEIR LEGENDARY HISTORY XXIII . MYSTIC PLANTS . · 262 281 · 300 · 312 INDEX 321 Y THE FOLK - LORE OF PLANTS . CHAPTER L PLANT.
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... trees with that mystic or sacred character 1 See Tylor's " Primitive Culture , " 1873 , i . 474-5 ; also Dorman's " Primitive Superstitions , " 1881 , p . 294 . whereby they were regarded with a superstitious fear which found OF ON I.
... trees with that mystic or sacred character 1 See Tylor's " Primitive Culture , " 1873 , i . 474-5 ; also Dorman's " Primitive Superstitions , " 1881 , p . 294 . whereby they were regarded with a superstitious fear which found OF ON I.
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... adored a 66 1 See Tylor's " Primitive Culture , " i . 475 . وو 2 Dorman's " Primitive Superstitions , " p . 294 ; also Schoolcraft's " Indian Tribes . " sacred tree called " Mirrone , " one being generally PLANT LIFE . 3.
... adored a 66 1 See Tylor's " Primitive Culture , " i . 475 . وو 2 Dorman's " Primitive Superstitions , " p . 294 ; also Schoolcraft's " Indian Tribes . " sacred tree called " Mirrone , " one being generally PLANT LIFE . 3.
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... sacred that no persons would venture to cut the smallest branch from it . The Wallachians " have a superstition that every flower has a soul , and that- the water - lily is the sinless and scentless flower of the lake , which blossoms ...
... sacred that no persons would venture to cut the smallest branch from it . The Wallachians " have a superstition that every flower has a soul , and that- the water - lily is the sinless and scentless flower of the lake , which blossoms ...
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... sacred . Among rude tribes trees of this kind are held sacred , it being for- bidden to cut them . Some of the Siamese in the same way offer cakes and rice to the trees before felling them , and the Talein of Burmah will pray to the ...
... sacred . Among rude tribes trees of this kind are held sacred , it being for- bidden to cut them . Some of the Siamese in the same way offer cakes and rice to the trees before felling them , and the Talein of Burmah will pray to the ...
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