The Algonquin Legends of New England, Or, Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot TribesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1885 - 379 sayfa |
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Sayfa 256 - We can also trace some ideas of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mixed with fables, superstitions, and pagan errors.
Sayfa 119 - Beasts had never married or had a child, he knew naught of the way of managing children. Therefore he was quite certain, as is the wont of such people, that he knew all about it. So he turned to Baby with a bewitching smile and bade him come to him. Then Baby smiled again, but did not budge. And the Master spake sweetly and made his voice like that of the summer bird, but it was of no avail, for Wasis sat still and sucked his maple-sugar. Then the Master frowned and spoke terribly, and ordered Wasis...
Sayfa 17 - Musquash, the Beaver, hidden among the sedge, heard these words and reported them to Malsunsis, who promised to do unto him even as he should ask. Therefore did Musquash say, " Give unto me wings like a pigeon.
Sayfa 119 - Now Wasis was the Baby. And he sat on the floor sucking a piece of maple-sugar, greatly contented, troubling no one. As the Lord of Men and Beasts had never married or had a child, he knew naught of the way of managing children. Therefore he was quite certain, as is the wont of such people, that he knew all about it. So he turned to Baby with a bewitching smile and bade him come to him.
Sayfa 109 - Finnish myth the north wind Pulmri, father of the frost, is sometimes imaged as an eagle. "The Indians believe in a great bird called by them Wochowsen or Wuchowsen^ meaning WindBlow or the Wind-Blower, who lives far to the north, and sits upon a great rock at the end of the sky. And it is because whenever he moves his wings the wind blows they of old times called him that.
Sayfa 95 - Shawondasee is represented as an affluent, plethoric old man, who has grown unwieldy from repletion, and seldom moves. He keeps his eyes steadfastly fixed on the north. When he sighs, in autumn, we have those balmy southern airs, which communicate warmth and delight over the northern hemisphere, and make the Indian Summer.
Sayfa 104 - In the old time, far before men knew themselves in the light before the sun, Glooskap and his brother were as yet unborn. They waited for the day to appear. Then they talked together, and the youngest said: 'Why should I wait? I will go into the world and begin my life at once ; ' when the elder said : ' Not so, for this were a great evil.