Deutsche Mythologie, Volume 3

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Herrwitz & Gossmann, 1878 - Germanic peoples

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Page 178 - Laurus ubi bona signa dedit, gaudete coloni : Distendet spicis horrea plena Ceres, Oblitus et musto feriet pede rusticus uvas, 85 Delia dum magni deflciantque lacus. Ac madidus Baccho sua festa Palilia pastor Concinet : a stabulis tune procul este lupi. Ille levis stipulae solemnis potus acervos Accendet, flammas transilietque sacras...
Page 82 - Jotun ; — and now to this day, on our river Trent, as I learn, the Nottingham bargemen, when the River is in a certain flooded state (a kind of backwater, or eddying swirl it has, very dangerous to them), call it Eager; they cry out, " Have a care, there is the Eager coming!
Page 405 - Illud etiam non omittendum, quod quaedam sceleratae mulieres retro post Satanam cOnversae, daemonum illusionibus et phantasmatibus seductae, credunt se et profitentur nocturnis horis cum Diana paganorum dea vel cum Herodiade et innumera multitudine mulierum equitare super quasdam bestias, et multa terrarum spatia intempestae noctis silentio pertransire, ejusque jussionibus velut dominae obedire, et certis noctibus ad ejus servitium evocari.
Page 316 - Unde tarnen ista vulgo infixa sit fama, in tantum ut in maledictis versipelles habeat, indicabitur.
Page 290 - ... corripit escas : virginis in palmis ipsa canistra tremunt. si fuerint castae, redeunt in colla parentum, clamantque agricolae
Page 195 - The summer draws near. The cuckoo comes in April, Stays the month of May, Sings a song at Midsummer, And then a goes away.
Page 195 - The cuckoo's a fine bird, She sings as she flies, She brings us good tidings, And tells us no lies. She sucks the small birds' eggs To make her voice clear, And the more she sings " cuckoo,
Page 276 - Mirabar, quidnam misissent mane Camenae ante meum stantes sole rubente torum. natalis nostrae signum misère puellae et manibus faustos ter crepuere sonos.
Page 107 - Hoc ergo diabolicum mandatum publiée denunciatum in adventu domni episcopi mentes cunctorum perturbabat, et error nimius ac perturbatio corda ho mi m im confuderat. Nam et templum in honore supra dicti régis dudum defuncti statuerunt et ipsi tanquam deo vota et sacrificia offerre coeperunt.
Page 485 - On défend aux enfans de s'y asseoir , parce que , leur dit on , ils y attrapperaient la gale. Notez qu'il est d'usage, dans presque tout le pays, de mettre le bois au foyer dans toute sa longueur , qui est d'environ 4 pieds , et de l'y faire brûler par un bout. Cette...

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