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Author : Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Devon (England)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011772258
Author : Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Devon (England)
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3Q81
Author : Anna-Eliza Bray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z205981306
Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781528763042
This antiquarian text deals with the mythology of the Irish race. It contains information on their mystical superstitions that are thousands of years old, but still influence the daily life of many. This fascinating and insightful book will appeal to those with a penchant for mysticism and fairy-folk, and is a veritable must-read for those with a serious interest in Irish mythology. The chapters of this text include: 'Rathlin Island', 'The Strange Guests', 'The Dead Soldier', 'The Three Gifts', 'The Fairies as Fallen Angels', 'The Fairy Changeling', 'Fairy Wiles', 'Shaun-Mor', 'The Save Fairies', 'The Tuatha-De-Danann', 'Edain the Queen', 'The Royal Steed', 'Evil Spells', etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian text now in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Author : Jane Francesca Agnes Wilde
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613102299
The ancient legends of all nations of the world, on which from age to age the generations of man have been nurtured, bear so striking a resemblance to each other that we are led to believe there was once a period when the whole human family was of one creed and one language. But with increasing numbers came the necessity of dispersion; and that ceaseless migration was commenced of the tribes of the earth from the Eastern cradle of their race which has now continued for thousands of years with undiminished activity. From the beautiful Eden-land at the head of the Persian Gulf, where creeds and culture rose to life, the first migrations emanated, and were naturally directed along the line of the great rivers, by the Euphrates and the Tigris and southward by the Nile; and there the first mighty cities of the world were built, and the first mighty kingdoms of the East began to send out colonies to take possession of the unknown silent world around them. From Persia, Assyria, and Egypt, to Greece and the Isles of the Sea, went forth the wandering tribes, carrying with them, as signs of their origin, broken fragments of the primal creed, and broken idioms of the primal tongue—those early pages in the history of the human race, eternal and indestructible, which hundreds of centuries have not been able to obliterate from the mind of man. But as the early tribes diverged from the central parent stock, the creed and the language began to assume new forms, according as new habits of life and modes of thought were developed amongst the wandering people, by the influence of climate and the contemplation of new and striking natural phenomena in the lands where they found a resting-place or a home. Still, amongst all nations a basis remained of the primal creed and language, easily to be traced through all the mutations caused by circumstances in human thought, either by higher culture or by the debasement to which both language and symbols are subjected amongst rude and illiterate tribes. To reconstruct the primal creed and language of humanity from these scattered and broken fragments, is the task which is now exciting so keenly the energies of the ardent and learned ethnographers of Europe; as yet, indeed, with but small success as regards language, for not more, perhaps, than twenty words which the philologists consider may have belonged to the original tongue have been discovered; that is, certain objects or ideas are found represented in all languages by the same words, and therefore the philologist concludes that these words must have been associated with the ideas from the earliest dawn of language; and as the words express chiefly the relations of the human family to each other, they remained fixed in the minds of the wandering tribes, untouched and unchanged by all the diversities of their subsequent experience of life. Meanwhile, in Europe there is diligent study of the ancient myths, legends, and traditions of the world, in order to extract from them that information respecting the early modes of thought prevalent amongst the primitive race, and also the lines of the first migrations, which no other monuments of antiquity are so well able to give. Traditions, like rays of light, take their colour from the medium through which they pass; but the scientific mythographic student knows how to eliminate the accidental addition from the true primal basis, which remains fixed and unchangeable; and from the numerous myths and legends of the nations of the earth, which bear so striking a conformity to each other that they point to a common origin, he will be able to reconstruct the first articles of belief in the creed of humanity, and to pronounce almost with certainty upon the primal source of the lines of human life that now traverse the globe in all directions. This source of all life, creed, and culture now on earth, there is no reason to doubt, will be found in Iran, or Persia as we call it, and in the ancient legends and language of the great Iranian people, the head and noblest type of the Aryan races. Endowed with splendid physical beauty, noble intellect, and a rich musical language, the Iranians had also a lofty sense of the relation between man and the spiritual world. They admitted no idols into their temples; their God was the One Supreme Creator and Upholder of all things, whose symbol was the sun and the pure, elemental fire. But as the world grew older and more wicked the pure primal doctrines were obscured by human fancies, the symbol came to be worshipped in place of the God, and the debased idolatries of Babylon, Assyria, and the Canaanite nations were the result. Egypt—grave, wise, learned, mournful Egypt—retained most of the primal truth; but truth was held by the priests as too precious for the crowd, and so they preserved it carefully for themselves and their own caste. They alone knew the ancient and cryptic meaning of the symbols; the people were allowed only to see the outward and visible sign.
Author : Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Devon (England)
ISBN : YALE:39002012625217
Author : Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Devon (England)
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3Q82
Author : Jane Francesca Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:314238274
Author : Jane Francesca Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103876533
Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547060505
"Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland" by Lady Wilde (the pen-name for Jane Wilde) is perhaps one of the best compilations of Irish lore ever published. Yet, it was almost lost to time. Ireland is a country full of myths and magic, and Wilde has managed to write an engaging and yet still succinct summary of the most important aspects of it. With a culture as rich as that of the Irish, it's a truly remarkable feat to be able to have it all at one's fingertips the way it is thanks to Lady Wilde's work.
Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788026839514
This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Table of Contents: The Voyage Roscoe The Wife Rip van Winkle English Writers on America Rural Life in England The Broken Heart The Art of Book-making A Royal Poet The Country Church The Widow and Her Son A Sunday in London The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap The Mutability of Literature Rural Funerals The Inn Kitchen The Spectre Bridegroom Westminster Abbey Christmas The Stage Coach Christmas Eve Christmas Day The Christmas Dinner London Antiques Little Britain Stratford-on-Avon Traits of Indian Character Philip of Pokanoket John Bull The Pride of The Village The Angler The Legend of Sleepy Hollow L'Envoy
Author : lady Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1SFZ
Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1330645995
Excerpt from Ancient Legends Mystic Charms Superstitions of Ireland: With Sketches of the Irish Past About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jane Francesca Wilde,Lady Wilde,William Robert Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Folklore
ISBN : OCLC:229079237
Author : Wilde
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 052670182X
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