The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various CountriesG. Bell, 1905 - 560 pages |
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... Mountain The Dwarfs borrowing Bread The Changeling The Dwarf - Husband 204 216 217 218 220 220 221 222 223 226 227 232 Inge of Rantum 232 Hinzelmann THE WILD - WOMEN The Oldenburg Horn KOBOLDS Hödeken King Goldemar The Heinzelmänchen ...
... Mountain The Dwarfs borrowing Bread The Changeling The Dwarf - Husband 204 216 217 218 220 220 221 222 223 226 227 232 Inge of Rantum 232 Hinzelmann THE WILD - WOMEN The Oldenburg Horn KOBOLDS Hödeken King Goldemar The Heinzelmänchen ...
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... a glance at the Faerie Queene , advance to the mountains and forests of the North , there to trace the origin of the light - hearted , night - tripping elves . ORIENTAL ROMANCE . * صانند تو ادمي در افاق ممکن INTRODUCTION . 13.
... a glance at the Faerie Queene , advance to the mountains and forests of the North , there to trace the origin of the light - hearted , night - tripping elves . ORIENTAL ROMANCE . * صانند تو ادمي در افاق ممکن INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... mountains to the north , were its enemies . In the realms of supernal light sits enthroned Ormuzd , the first - born of beings ; around him are the six Amshaspands , the twenty - eight Izeds , and the countless myriads of Ferohers ...
... mountains to the north , were its enemies . In the realms of supernal light sits enthroned Ormuzd , the first - born of beings ; around him are the six Amshaspands , the twenty - eight Izeds , and the countless myriads of Ferohers ...
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... mountains of Kâf , the abode alike of Jinn and of Peries and Deevs , as having belonged originally to Persian geography . The fullest account of it * This word is pronounced Perry or rather Parry . بري زاده + Hence it follows that the ...
... mountains of Kâf , the abode alike of Jinn and of Peries and Deevs , as having belonged originally to Persian geography . The fullest account of it * This word is pronounced Perry or rather Parry . بري زاده + Hence it follows that the ...
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... mountain - range was regarded as , like that of the ancient Greek cosmology , surrounding the flat circular earth like a ring , or rather like the bulwarks of a ship , outside of which flowed the ocean ; while some Arab authorities make ...
... mountain - range was regarded as , like that of the ancient Greek cosmology , surrounding the flat circular earth like a ring , or rather like the bulwarks of a ship , outside of which flowed the ocean ; while some Arab authorities make ...
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