Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie SuperstitionsChapman & Hall Limited, 1920 - 894 páginas |
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... connoted with our English surname Alibone and understood as either holy good , wholly good , or all good . Yellow is not only the colour of the golden sun , but it is similarly that of the moon , and at the festivals of the yellow ...
... connoted with our English surname Alibone and understood as either holy good , wholly good , or all good . Yellow is not only the colour of the golden sun , but it is similarly that of the moon , and at the festivals of the yellow ...
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... con- noted gaudeo the Latin for I rejoice . Punch is always represented with an ample paunch , and this conspicuous ... connoted with the kilt in which the Etrurians figured their Hercules , and that in Etruria the All Father was ...
... con- noted gaudeo the Latin for I rejoice . Punch is always represented with an ample paunch , and this conspicuous ... connoted with the kilt in which the Etrurians figured their Hercules , and that in Etruria the All Father was ...
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... connoted with the Canaanitish " milk " . We shall trace King Conn of Connaught at Caen or Kenwood , near St. John's Wood , London , and also at Kilburn , a burn or stream alternatively known as the Cuneburn . This rivulet comes first ...
... connoted with the Canaanitish " milk " . We shall trace King Conn of Connaught at Caen or Kenwood , near St. John's Wood , London , and also at Kilburn , a burn or stream alternatively known as the Cuneburn . This rivulet comes first ...
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... connoted with the Elephant which occurs on our ancient coinage , and is also found carved on many prehistoric stones ... connote with Conneda and with Caindea . The Elephant which sleeps while standing was regarded as the emblem of the ...
... connoted with the Elephant which occurs on our ancient coinage , and is also found carved on many prehistoric stones ... connote with Conneda and with Caindea . The Elephant which sleeps while standing was regarded as the emblem of the ...
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... connoted with the Iberian ogro , and with haugr the Icelandic word for hill , with which etymologers connect the adjective huge : the old Gaulish for a hill was hoge or hogue , and the proba- bility would seem to be that Og and huge ...
... connoted with the Iberian ogro , and with haugr the Icelandic word for hill , with which etymologers connect the adjective huge : the old Gaulish for a hill was hoge or hogue , and the proba- bility would seem to be that Og and huge ...
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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 head 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 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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