As On, the sun-god rising and setting in the sea, was supplied with a corresponding moon-goddess, Atergatis, and Bel or Baal, also a solar deity, had his lunar Baalti, so the fiery Moloch, the great lord, was supplied with his Mylitta, the birthproducer. Moloch was the fierce flame-god, and Mylitta the goddess of moisture. The very name of Siren is (greek) from to pipe or whistle[127], just as their representatives in Vedic mythology, the Ribhus, draw their name fromrebh,to sound, to which the Greek (greek) is akin. He comes to a torrent about which flew scorched birds, which were souls, numerous as flies. Then the wind dies away, and he comes to a land where the waters do not flow. If they have tails they hide them; but Monboddo is as jealous of his tail as a squirrel. And yet Johnson seems to have been tickled with the idea, and to have been amused with the notion of an appendage like a tail being regarded as the complement of human perfection. S. Petersburg, 1859, p. 60. On board a Portuguese ship, bound for Lisbon. In the North, Frederic and Charlemagne certainly replace Odin. Then he told Matabrune of the marvel he had seen, and she at once concluded that these were her grandchildren; wherefore she bade the yeoman take seven fellows with him and slay the children. The mining captains whom I have questioned invariably repudiated all knowledge of its use. [224] Exception has been taken to this remark by some of the reviews; but the writer believes unjustly. If, however, it be asserted, in contradiction, that the winter has an empire, he will be given the principality over snows and frosts, which, in the dreary season of the year, whiten the face of the earth. We strongly believe that with the transparency we bring to the funeral industry, those that provide honest, compassionate care will stand out amongst the rest. I know also, at Constantinople, the son of a physician, aged two years, who was born with a tail an inch long; he belonged to the white Caucasian race. According to a third version, the bird is an eagle, and schamir is the Stone of Wisdom. The Tzendales were probably never conquered. It is Truth which men yearn for now; and sacred Truth, when taught by a mouth which lends itself to utter cunningly devised fables, is not listened to. The classic legend of Ulysses, held captive for eight years by the nymph Calypso in the Island of Ogygia, and again for one year by the enchantress Circe, contains the root of the same story of the Tanhuser. It closed on him, and there he issleeping with his head bowed before the Body of Our Lord, waiting till the Turk is cast out of Constantinople, and St. Sophia is released from its profanation. 157174. In Germany it appears with considerable variations. Any thing more solemn and beautiful could hardly be conceived: it was not like earthly instrumental strains, nor like what we deem the music of the spheres-it was the voice of nature expressing its rapture. The idea that the soul is like a mouse, lies at the root of several grotesque stories, as that told by Luther, in his Table-Talk, of a woman giving birth to a rat, and that of a mother harassed by the clamour of her children, wishing they were mice, and finding this inconsiderate wish literally fulfilled. Aymar was then brought, staff in hand, into the garden, and conducted over the spots where lay the bills. The persons who saw it gave a precise description of it before a notary; they affirmed that they saw it wipe its hands over its face, and even heard it blow its nose. Pheredur enters a castle, and Whilst he and his uncle were discoursing together, they beheld two young men entering the hall, bearing a lance of unusual length, from the point of which distilled three gouts of gore; and when the company beheld this, they began to wail and lament. ABOUT the middle of the twelfth century, a rumor circulated through Europe that there reigned in Asia a powerful Christian Emperor, Presbyter Johannes. All the huntsmen had that day lost themselves in the wood, and were returning singly, at intervals, to the castle, so that no suspicion would attach to him. It occurs repeatedly on their cylinders, bricks, and gems. Perceval was the son of a poor widow in Wales, brought up by her in a forest, far removed from all warlike images. He was succeeded in his office by his son Frimutelle, who transgressed, by loving a damsel, Floramie by name. Then he made a door to the cave, and locked the door, and gave the key to the keeping of the prior[37]. He is believed to have suffered at Nicomedia in 303, and his worship was soon extended through Phoenicia, Palestine, and the whole East. Liebrecht, p. 25. In Cibola, water as the generator was honoured under this symbol; in Cozumel, the sacred cross in the temples was of wood or stone, ten palms high, and to it were offered incense and quails. in Theocrit. 89, the origin of the purgatory is thus described:, Holy byschoppes some tyme ther were,That tawgte me of Goddes lore.In Irlonde preched Seyn Patryke,In that londe was non hym lyke:He prechede Goddes worde full wyde,And tolde men what shullde betyde.Fyrste he preched of Heven blysse,Who ever go thyder may ryght nowgt mysse:Sethen he preched of Hell pyne,Howe wo them ys that cometh therinne:And then he preched of purgatory,As he fonde in hisstory,But yet the folke of the contreBeleved not that hit mygth be;And seyed, but gyf hit were so,That eny non myth hymself go,And se alle that, and come ageyn,Then wolde they beleve fayn., Vexed at the obstinacy of his hearers, S. Patrick besought the Almighty to make the truth manifest to the unbelievers; whereupon, God spakke to Saynt Patryke thoBy nam, and badde hym with Hym go:He ladde hym ynte a wyldernesse,Wher was no reste more ne lesse,And shewed that he might seInte the erthe a pryve entre:Hit was yn a depe dyches ende.What mon He sayde, that wylle hereyn wende,And dwelle theryn a day and a nyght,And hold his byleve and ryght,And come ageyn that he ne dwelle,Mony a mervayle he may of telle.And alle tho that doth thys pylgrymage,I shalle hem graunt for her wage,Whether he be sqwyer or knave,Other purgatorye shalle he non have., Thereupon S. Patrick, he ne stynte ner day ne night, till he had built there a fayr abbey, and stocked it with pious canons. Then he was ware of a swan floating on the water, drawing a boat by a silken band fastened round its neck. Behold, said the priest, the value of your alms in the sight of God! To which the terrified usurer replied, Lord, what shall I do? And the priest answered, If you wish to be saved, lie this night naked amidst these reptiles. Wondrous contrition. Two remained: the one blind, and the other dumb. He sweated profusely, and at intervals he was compelled to go into the court to obtain fresh air.. He does not mention Ursula by name, but reckons the virgins who suffered as thousands., Tunc numerosa simul Rheni per littora fulgentChristo virgineis erecta trophaea maniplisAgrippinas urbi, quarum furor impius olimMillia mactavit ductricibus inclyta sanctis.. They are akin to the Maruts, the rough winds, with whom they unite in singing a magic song. That sorely has my heart beguiled. IREMEMBER a long scramble in Iceland, over the ruins of tuff rock in a narrow gorge. Among the Scandinavian and Teutonic peoples they were regarded as the souls of the dead. What were the golden, jewel-incrusted, lamp-lit vaults beneath to that pure dome of Gods building! Children are cautioned not to listen to it, or believe in the promises made, in the weird spirit-song. ii. But Polydorus applieth it unto Kentish men at Stroud, by Rochester, for cuttinge off Thomas Beckets horses tail. According to a Buddhist legend, Skyamunni himself, in one of his earlier stages of existence, was a hare, and lived in friendship with a fox and an ape. In the reign of Henry II. He hastened to Julius Caesar, and told him that his sister was in the neighbourhood. On the seal we see the mancarrying his sticks, and the moon surrounds him. Before long, Svathi became aware that his victims had escaped, and set off in pursuit. Mr. It will be observed that there is a discrepancy between the accounts of M. de Castelnau and M. dAbbadie. Gervase of Tilbury says that in Catalonia there is a lofty mountain, named Cavagum, at the foot of which runs a river with golden sands, in the vicinity of which there are likewise silver mines. And men seyn, that that welle comethe out of Paradys: and therefore it is so vertuous.. But the swan-maiden took her own heart and that of her husband, and threw them into the air. Then he found himself unable to cope with his adversary, whose every slain soldier recovered life by means of the sacred vessel. Ill gently rise and Ill softly call. About this time, Otho, Emperor of Germany, held court at Neumagen, there to decide between Clarissa, Duchess of Bouillon, and the Count of Frankfort, who claimed her duchy. It is from the first thirty-eight chapters of the French Faits et Gestes, that Robert Copland translated his Helias, which he dedicated to the puyssant and illustrious prynce, lorde Edwarde, duke of Buckynghame, because he was lineally descended from the Knight of the Swan. Richard added that a Sicilian princess, Gerasina, had accompanied the pilgrims, together with her four daughters and baby son; also that an empress of the Eastern empire, Constantia by name, had suffered with them. Expeditions would launch forth from the Canaries to explore this land of promise. They saw it in Moses with arms expanded on the Mount, in the pole with transverse bar upon which was wreathed the brazen serpent, and in the two sticks gathered by the Widow of Sarepta. But he found himself unable to effect his object: one man is powerless against a multitude, and slander is a hydra which, when maimed in one head, produces others in the place of that struck off Baffled, despairing, and without a friend to sustain his cause, the poor clerk sought redress in a manner which a month ago would have filled him with horror. Cleves held a tournament at Lille, au nom du Chevalier au Cygne, serviteur des dames.. Rupert of Duytz regards it as having been situated in Armenia. There is a Norse Thttr of a certain Helgi Thorirs son, which is, in its present form, a production of the fourteenth century. Our land will reappear some day, say the old men to the young folk, as they lead them on a certain day of the year to a mountain-top, and point out over the sea to them; the fishers also on their coasts pretend that they see towns and villages at the bottom of the water. It follows the commonly-received opinion which identified Paradise with Ceylon; and, indeed, an earlier Icelandic work, the Rymbegla, indicates the locality of the terrestrial Paradise as being near India, for it speaks of the Ganges as taking its rise in the mountains of Eden. St. Petersburg, 1860, pp. For some days all went well, and in the excitement of a return to his former occupations the compact he had made was forgotten. Original Price $69.00 It is evident that this spirit will infect the Church, and especially those in place of authority therein; so that the elect will have to wrestleagainst both principalities and powers in the state, and also spiritual wickedness in the high places of the Church. for the brilliant to-morrowThat dawns upon yonder bright shore! Suffice it to say here, that it guided me to the legend of S. Ursula and her virgin company of martyrs. In the mean while the day of ordeal approached, and Else fell into despair. She is commonly called the Papess Joan. Albertus Trium-Fontium tells the same story under the year 1083, quoting probably from William of Malmesbury. But after a while, as reason and religion resumed their sway, the conscience of Theophilus gave him no rest. The report of the extraordinary discovery of murder made by the divining rod at Lyons attracted the attention of Paris, and Aymar was ordered up to the capital. Tumas de Kantorbire, and then having paid his devotions at Monsigour St. Jake, he went on toCologne to see the heads of the three kings. Marie of France translated it into French metre, but hers was not the only version in that tongue; in English there are two versions. Four of the specimens bearing this symbol exhibited likewise the name of Thorr in runes. At Nimroud, a gigantic image was found by Mr. Layard, representing him with the fishs head as a cap and the body of the fish depending over his shoulders, his legs those of a man, in his left hand holding a richly decorated bag, and his right hand upraised, as if in the act of presenting the mystic Assyrian fir-cone (British Museum, Nos. Lit. King Olaf, Longfellow tells us, when keeping Christmas at Drontheim, Oer his drinking-horn, the signHe made of the Cross Divine,As he drank, and mutterd his prayers;But the Berserks evermoreMade the sign of the Hammer of ThorrOver theirs., This we are told by Snorro Sturleson, in the Heimskringla[81], when he describes the sacrifice at' Lade, at which King Hakon, Athelstans foster-son was present: Now, when the first full goblet was filled, Earl Sigurd spoke some words over it, and blessed it in Odins name, and drank to the king out of the horn; and the king then took it, and made the sign of the cross over it. Each time that M. Grimaut and the attorney passed the spot where the murder had been perpetrated, the rods they held in their hands began to turn, but ceased when they stepped beyond the spot. But alas! It was these heavenly reptiles which were supposed by the Druids to generate the sun, the famous anguineum so coveted and so ill comprehended. The rats of Bingen issue from the flames in which the poor people are being consumed. But if it be added that, of the fourbrothers of Napoleon, one was not a king, that was because he is the impersonification of Winter, which has no reign over anything. That some should live to see Jerusalem destroyed was not very surprising, and hardly needed the emphatic Verily which Christ only used when speaking something of peculiarly solemn or mysterious import. A similar coin has been found in numbers near Arthenay, in Loiret, as well as others of analogous type. This man had been born in a fullers mill at Epiphania, in Cilicia. At once the lady darted into the house, locked the door, and, on the husband pleading for admittance, she declared most solemnly from the window that she did not knowhim. The Christians of Egypt gladly accepted this witness to the cross, and reproduced it in their churches and elsewhere, making it precede, follow, or accompany their inscriptions. Radulphus Highden, in the thirteenth century, relying on the authority of St. The former accords tails to the ladies, whilst the latter denies it. Very scarce also. So Geyti and the king try a swimming-match. Are we not reminded at once of our nursery rhyme. Now, I think that I can show that the story of William Tell is as fabulous aswhat shall I say? Thor also brought to life goats which had been killed and eaten. The other portals are of ebony. Probably, some one more acquainted with Sanskrit literature than myself, and with better access to its unpublished stores of fable and legend, will some day light on an early Indian tale corresponding to that so prevalent among other branches of the same family. Danske viser, i. Thereupon Christ replied, Because thou grudgest Me such a moment of rest, I shall enter into My rest, but thou shalt wander restless. At once, frantic and agitated,he fled through the whole earth, and on the same account to this day he journeys through the world. Wearied by the cries of the famishing people, the Bishop appointed a day, whereon he undertook to quiet them. And the name Helias, Helius, Elis, or Salyius, is but a corruption of the Keltic ala, eala, ealadh, a swan. And all the sweethearts e'er I had, The circumstances attending the death of Mr. Bunworth were remarkable; but, says Mr. Crofton Croker, there are still living credible witnesses who declare their authenticity, and who can be produced to attest most, if not all, of the following particulars. The story goes on to relate how that the hermit was told by an angel in vision whose the children were; how a false charge was brought against Beatrice, and she was about to be executed, when Helias appeared in the lists, and by his valour proclaimed her innocence; and how Matabrunes treachery was discovered. Aneurin, the contemporary of Hengst and Horsa, the author of the Gododin, terms him one of the most illustrious princes of the Isle of Britain[220]. In northern mythology, the serpent is probably the winter cloud, which broods over and keeps from mortals the gold of the suns light and heat, till in the spring the bright orb overcomes the powers of darkness and tempest, and scatters his gold over the face of the earth. A Bohemian version, probably translated from the German, Kronyke Kratochwilne, o ctne a slech netne Panne Meluzijne; Prag, 1760, 1764, 1805. Tammuz stands to Chaldee mythology in precisely the same relation that the Ribhavas do to that of the Vedas.
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