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1879
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12676
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La mythologie des plantes; ou, Les légendes du règne végétal

Abstract: honte à l'astre du jour. Cette comparaison peut me servir pour indiquer ce que j'espère et ce que j'ai confiance que l'on voudra chercher dans mon livre écrit en français, c'est-àdire, non pas la tournure, peut-être souvent maladroite, de mes phrases, mais les matériaux mj^hiques et légendaires assez nombreux qu'il me semble avoir recueillis, l'ordre avec lequel j'ai tâché de les arranger après les avoir débrouillés du chaos, l'idée fondamentale qui a présidé à mes recherches, et enfin (l'enjeu pourra scandali… Show more

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“…Throughout history, and in many cultures, sacred trees were regarded as omens and oracles, as well as soothsayers that may speak in human voices [[67]:245, 247; [6]:24; [19]: passim; [61]:195; [71] II: 17–18; [13]: passim; [50]: passim; [27]:275–278]. This issue was mentioned in the classical mythology of Greece [[72]:passim; [17]: passim; [50]:58; [27]:274], Rome [50]:59; [27]:274], as well as the Bible [Judges,9:8–15, Jotham's parable,; for further discussion see [61]:195; [67]:246–247; [73]: passim].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Throughout history, and in many cultures, sacred trees were regarded as omens and oracles, as well as soothsayers that may speak in human voices [[67]:245, 247; [6]:24; [19]: passim; [61]:195; [71] II: 17–18; [13]: passim; [50]: passim; [27]:275–278]. This issue was mentioned in the classical mythology of Greece [[72]:passim; [17]: passim; [50]:58; [27]:274], Rome [50]:59; [27]:274], as well as the Bible [Judges,9:8–15, Jotham's parable,; for further discussion see [61]:195; [67]:246–247; [73]: passim].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…draws us close to the source of language, and consequently and necessarily to the origins of our race', 'the birthplace of universal history'. 25 Furthermore, the count believed that the incontrovertible links between Hellenic Greece and Sanskrit India 'could liberate Indian art from Brahmanical enslavement and pedanticism'. 26 Through the mediating influence of oriental scholarship, an arcadic ancient Sanskrit past, the birthplace of civilization, would not only unearth the origins of the European race, but also save India from her degraded present of 'caste-based order that rendered life monotonous due to the observance of a thousand rituals'.…”
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“…"-to my mind a dubious gloss. "It is said of Pythagoras," De Gubernatis 54 notes, "that he believed himself to have once been a peacock, that the peacock's soul entered into Euphorbus, a Homeric Trojan hero, that of Euphorbus into Homer, and that of Homer into him." Those who are familiar with classic literature may be able to continue the history of this literary metempsychosis down to the present.…”
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“…"Laverock" is Scottish for lark, meaning the skylark. De Gubernatis,54 n6 BIRDS IN LEGEND who discourses learnedly on the mythical connotations of the name in India and ancient Greece, finds that the significance of this bird in popular tales is due to its crest, which he shows to be an indication that it was among the birds of the sun. "The crested lark," he says, "is the same as the crested sun, the sun with its rays," and he continues: "In the legend of St. Christopher I see an equivoque between the word Christos and the word cresta, crest, and either way I see the sun personified."…”
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