Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Placenames, and Faeric SuperstitionsChapman & Hall Limited, 1920 - 894 páginas |
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... represented by a butterfly . Of course I knew only too well the tricky character of the ground I was ex- ploring and how open many of my propositions would be to attack , yet it seemed preferable rather to risk the Finger of Scorn than ...
... represented by a butterfly . Of course I knew only too well the tricky character of the ground I was ex- ploring and how open many of my propositions would be to attack , yet it seemed preferable rather to risk the Finger of Scorn than ...
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... represented by beasts , birds , fishes , gems , and even by rocks , metals , and plants . The harmony of the spheres was answered by the music of the temples , and the world beheld nothing that was not a type of something divine ...
... represented by beasts , birds , fishes , gems , and even by rocks , metals , and plants . The harmony of the spheres was answered by the music of the temples , and the world beheld nothing that was not a type of something divine ...
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... represented by one and the same term , because nine is so extraordinarily . true or constant to itself , that 9 x 9 18 81 = 9 , 9 × 2 9 , and so from nine times one to nine times nine . = = = In Crete there were no temples , but worship ...
... represented by one and the same term , because nine is so extraordinarily . true or constant to itself , that 9 x 9 18 81 = 9 , 9 × 2 9 , and so from nine times one to nine times nine . = = = In Crete there were no temples , but worship ...
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... represented Hercules the +++ Ал FIG . 13 . Great Merchant in a kilt , and this seemingly was a tartan or French tire- taine . Speaking of cer- tain figures unearthed at Tarchon , Dennis re- marks : " The drapery of the couches is ...
... represented Hercules the +++ Ал FIG . 13 . Great Merchant in a kilt , and this seemingly was a tartan or French tire- taine . Speaking of cer- tain figures unearthed at Tarchon , Dennis re- marks : " The drapery of the couches is ...
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... represented with the scales and other attributes of Anubis , the Mercury of Egypt . Both Anubis of Egypt and Mercury of Rome were con- nected with the dog , and Anubis was generally represented with the head of a dog or jackal . In The ...
... represented with the scales and other attributes of Anubis , the Mercury of Egypt . Both Anubis of Egypt and Mercury of Rome were con- nected with the dog , and Anubis was generally represented with the head of a dog or jackal . In The ...
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according Akerman Alban ancient archæology Avebury Bards barrow Biddenden Bona Dea Britain British Britons Cabiri called cave Celtic Celts centre Chislehurst Caves Christian Iconography Didron church circle coins connection connoted Cornish Cornwall Cretan Crete cross curious dene holes divine Druids earth Elphin emblem England English equated Etruria evidently fact fairy Father feet festival figures fire Folklore Gaulish giant Gnostic goddess Golden Golden Legend Greek Hill Holy illustrated implied Ireland Irish island Janus John King known land legend little doubt London Lord Maiden Mary Max Müller means meant megalithic modern Mother mystic mythology neighbourhood neighbouring once originally pagan parish place-name prehistoric probably Queen radically represented river rock Roman sacred saint Sancreed says seemingly Skeat stone Stonehenge Street suggested supposed symbol Tarchon term to-day town tradition tree Troy Wales Welsh wheel whence White Horse word worship
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