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Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given . Ac- cording to one story , a certain female recluse of the name of Eve , a native of Liege , who had known Urban before his elevation to the Papal See , had a revelation ...
Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given . Ac- cording to one story , a certain female recluse of the name of Eve , a native of Liege , who had known Urban before his elevation to the Papal See , had a revelation ...
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With them indeed these bonfires had an especial mean- ing , or perhaps I should rather say they endeavoured to make of the custom a Christian type and symbol , in order to conceal its Pagan origin . For the existence of To quote from ...
With them indeed these bonfires had an especial mean- ing , or perhaps I should rather say they endeavoured to make of the custom a Christian type and symbol , in order to conceal its Pagan origin . For the existence of To quote from ...
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It is , I should rather imagine , a religious rite of very remote origin , such as I have already spoken of under the month of May , and I need now only add that a simi- lar custom prevailed in the Cerealia , and is also men- tioned in ...
It is , I should rather imagine , a religious rite of very remote origin , such as I have already spoken of under the month of May , and I need now only add that a simi- lar custom prevailed in the Cerealia , and is also men- tioned in ...
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... the day was anciently called Goluan , a word , as Borlase tells us , expressive both of light and joy , while in other parts of the west they had the name of Blessing Fires , a tole- rably plain hint of their religious origin .
... the day was anciently called Goluan , a word , as Borlase tells us , expressive both of light and joy , while in other parts of the west they had the name of Blessing Fires , a tole- rably plain hint of their religious origin .
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The bonfires were only one feature in the festivities of this season , though I have given them precedence because in their very nature they point out the pagan origin of the whole . A yet more striking part of the Midsummer pageant was ...
The bonfires were only one feature in the festivities of this season , though I have given them precedence because in their very nature they point out the pagan origin of the whole . A yet more striking part of the Midsummer pageant was ...
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| Заглавие | New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, George Soane |
| Автор | George Soane |
| Издател | Churton, 1847 |
| Оригиналът е от | Лионската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 30 септ. 2010 |
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