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... appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic signs , sagas , and legends . Thus the Mythos ...
... appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic signs , sagas , and legends . Thus the Mythos ...
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... appearance . According to Helancius , the right dissolved magic spells which the left knit up , as this happens with the electric forces , where positive and negative , male and female , the right and left polarity , exist as opposite ...
... appearance . According to Helancius , the right dissolved magic spells which the left knit up , as this happens with the electric forces , where positive and negative , male and female , the right and left polarity , exist as opposite ...
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... appeared in the Wishing - cap . " In the Samothracian mysteries all the so - called greater gods stood in alliance with each other . Not only those already mentioned , but Athene , Cybele , Demeter , Ceres , Proserpine , and Pan ; and ...
... appeared in the Wishing - cap . " In the Samothracian mysteries all the so - called greater gods stood in alliance with each other . Not only those already mentioned , but Athene , Cybele , Demeter , Ceres , Proserpine , and Pan ; and ...
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... appeared as the establisher of peace , but only amongst the pious and the upright , through which the character of the reformer is apparent . According to the Indian doctrine , Bacchus was born on Mount Meros , in a cave . Meros , in ...
... appeared as the establisher of peace , but only amongst the pious and the upright , through which the character of the reformer is apparent . According to the Indian doctrine , Bacchus was born on Mount Meros , in a cave . Meros , in ...
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... appeared in 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 ...
... appeared in 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 ...
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