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Page 65
... Italy , according to Plutarch . It was said the left bind spells , the right unloose them ; and to catch a dactyl was a usual adage for a fruitless attempt . Their names already were magical , having power to repel terrible phenomena ...
... Italy , according to Plutarch . It was said the left bind spells , the right unloose them ; and to catch a dactyl was a usual adage for a fruitless attempt . Their names already were magical , having power to repel terrible phenomena ...
Page 66
... Italy , to the north - east and Scythia , and to the Hyper- boreans to fetch the golden apples . Hercules spread culti- vation and a mild religion , destroyed the doctrine of eternal punishment by dragging Cerberus from the nether world ...
... Italy , to the north - east and Scythia , and to the Hyper- boreans to fetch the golden apples . Hercules spread culti- vation and a mild religion , destroyed the doctrine of eternal punishment by dragging Cerberus from the nether world ...
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... Italian fata , the French fée , the German fein . " These Fees were originally named from their announcement of fates , but were soon afterwards regarded as a kind of spirit - women . There are many legends of the fairies of romance ...
... Italian fata , the French fée , the German fein . " These Fees were originally named from their announcement of fates , but were soon afterwards regarded as a kind of spirit - women . There are many legends of the fairies of romance ...
Page 112
... Italy , and France , never , or very rarely indeed , were noticed , in Scotland were often linked with the witch - superstition , and , as part and parcel of it , were pursued with fire and sword , and made the subject of criminal ...
... Italy , and France , never , or very rarely indeed , were noticed , in Scotland were often linked with the witch - superstition , and , as part and parcel of it , were pursued with fire and sword , and made the subject of criminal ...
Page 122
... Italian , strega , stregora , —sorcerer . Originally , strix was a bird of sorcery : " Striges ab avibus ejusdem nominis , quia maleficæ mulieres volaticæ dicuntur " ( Testus ) . Christianity has altered the heathenish idea of witch ...
... Italian , strega , stregora , —sorcerer . Originally , strix was a bird of sorcery : " Striges ab avibus ejusdem nominis , quia maleficæ mulieres volaticæ dicuntur " ( Testus ) . Christianity has altered the heathenish idea of witch ...
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