Indian Myths: Or, Legends, Traditions, and Symbols of the Aborigines of America Compared with Those of Other Countries, Including Hindostan, Egypt, Persia, Assyria, and ChinaJ.R. Osgood, 1884 - 677 páginas |
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... faces exactly pointing to the four cardinal points . To the Hindoo god Brahma , is given four heads ; and to one of the avatars of Crishna , four arms . 1 There is also the distinction of races by color : - the Red , the Yellow , the ...
... faces exactly pointing to the four cardinal points . To the Hindoo god Brahma , is given four heads ; and to one of the avatars of Crishna , four arms . 1 There is also the distinction of races by color : - the Red , the Yellow , the ...
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... faces . On an altar to Fortune the form of a cross is made ; and as a turn of the wheel of fortune is supposed to bring luck , while an evil wind blows nobody any good , each of which are proverbial sayings respecting the fortunes of ...
... faces . On an altar to Fortune the form of a cross is made ; and as a turn of the wheel of fortune is supposed to bring luck , while an evil wind blows nobody any good , each of which are proverbial sayings respecting the fortunes of ...
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... faces , they four had the face of a man , and the face of a lion on the right side : and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four also had the face of an eagle . 1 Ezekiel , ch . i . Thus were their faces : and their ...
... faces , they four had the face of a man , and the face of a lion on the right side : and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four also had the face of an eagle . 1 Ezekiel , ch . i . Thus were their faces : and their ...
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... faces : and their wings were stretched upward ; two wings of every one were joined one to another , and two covered their bodies . And they went every one straight forward ; whither the spirit was to go , they went ; and they turned not ...
... faces : and their wings were stretched upward ; two wings of every one were joined one to another , and two covered their bodies . And they went every one straight forward ; whither the spirit was to go , they went ; and they turned not ...
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... face , and I heard a voice of one that spake . The following selection of devices of the cross , used in primeval worship , discloses their universal use in sacred ceremony or religious rite . That the Indian designed to represent life ...
... face , and I heard a voice of one that spake . The following selection of devices of the cross , used in primeval worship , discloses their universal use in sacred ceremony or religious rite . That the Indian designed to represent life ...
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Indian Myths: Or, Legends, Traditions, and Symbols of the Aborigines of ... Ellen Russell Emerson Vista de fragmentos - 1965 |
Indian Myths Or Legends, Traditions, and Symbols of the Aborigines of ... Ellen Russell Emerson Vista de fragmentos - 1965 |
Términos y frases comunes
Algonkin ancient animals appears arrow Atahensic Atotarho Babylonian bear beautiful became believed bird body Book of Rites brother called ceremony chant Cherokee chief Chinese circle council cross Cusick dance dead death deity device dialect divine earth Egyptian emblem evil eyes father feast feet figure fire four fylfot given gods hand Haokah head heart heaven Hiawatha Hindoo human hunter Indian Iroquois Jesuit Jossakeed lake land language legend light living lodge Maidu Manabozho manittos Mohawks moon mound mountains mystic myth night Oannes Ojibway Oneidas Onondaga Ormuzd parallelogram peace Persian pictography Praying Indians priest race remarks represented rites river rock sachems sacred savages seen Senecas serpent Shingebiss similar song soul sound speech spirit stars stone syllable symbol thou tion tradition tree tribes Tuscaroras Vide village voice wampum warriors wife wigwams winds wings woman women words worship
Pasajes populares
Página 627 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
Página 627 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Página 626 - Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. CIV. BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Página 15 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Página 98 - AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Página 355 - Till at length a small green feather From the earth shot slowly upward. Then another and another. And before the summer ended Stood the maize in all its beauty, With its shining robes about it, And its long, soft, yellow tresses; And in rapture Hiawatha Cried aloud, 'It is Mondamin! Yes, the friend of man, Mondamin!
Página 121 - His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. ""One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 'They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Página 210 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Página 573 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Página 627 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth...