 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
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 páginas
...of them as came specially to consult them. Ranulph Higden, in the Polychronicon, similarly relates that the Witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...mariners, and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread, precisely after the Finland or Lapland mode. Homer, as students of the Odyssey are aware, invests /Eolus... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 356 páginas
...tho' in my ear, when nobody that could make it was near me." Higden, in the "Polychronicon," tells UB that the witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread exactly as the Laplanders did. Stories of mermaids, water-bulls, and other marine phenomena, are current among the inhabitants.... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 364 páginas
...tho' in my ear, when nobody that could make it was near mo." Higden, in the "Polychronicon," tells us that the witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold...knots tied upon a thread exactly as the Laplanders did. Stories of mermaids, water-^bulls, and other marine phenomena, are current among the inhabitants.... | |
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