Vorgeschichtliche Schöpfungslieder in ihren Elementargedanken: ein Vortrag mit ergänzenden Zusätzen und Erläuterungen

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E. Felber, 1893 - 146 páginas
 

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Página 28 - Zealand account which seems to belong to this type: "an aquatic plant growing in swamps was the male procreating power which engendered the red clay seen in landslips, whence came the first man." However, this is a mere fragment, suggests the procreative episode, and is labelled "Another Version of Tiki.
Página 127 - A knowledge of the written characters was confined to the royal family, the chiefs of the six districts into which the island was divided, sons of those, chiefs, and certain priests or teachers, but the people were assembled at Anekena Bay once each year to hear all of the tablets read.
Página 105 - ... nam certe neque consilio primordia rerum ordine se suo quaeque sagaci mente locarunt nec quos quaeque darent motus pepigere profecto, sed quia multa modis multis mutata per omne ex infinito vexantur percita plagis...
Página 96 - ... small measure of repugnance and contempt.1 According to the Maori creed the ultimate origin of all things, even of the higher gods themselves, is Night and Nothingness. The wild traditions of that people, dating as they constantly profess2 from ages long anterior to their settlement in New Zealand, all 'begin with nothing, which produced something, and that brought forth something more, and generated a power of increasing.
Página 127 - In explanation of the tlisappearance of these tablets, the natives stated that the missionaries had ordered all that could be found to be burned, with a view to destroying the ancient records, and getting rid of everything that would have a tendency to attach them to their heathenism, and prevent their thorough conversion to Christianity.
Página 37 - When we assured him that God (Morimo) was in the heavens, and that He did whatever He pleased, they blamed us for giving Him a high position beyond their reach; for they viewed their Morimo as a noxious reptile. 'Would that I could catch it, I would transfix it with my spear...
Página 109 - Denique si semper motus conectitur omnis et vetere exoritur semper novus ordine certo nec declinando faciunt primordia motus principium quoddam quod fati foedera rumpat, ex infinito ne causam causa sequatur...
Página 28 - ... still to be met with, under dry bark), and being pleased with them he promised they should have power over all other creeping things. " The Mooramoora then divided their feet into toes and fingers, and placing his forefinger on the centre of the face created a nose, and so in like manner afterwards eyes, mouth, and ears. The Spirit then placed one of them in a standing position, which it could not, however, retain, whereupon the Deity cut off the tail, and the lizard walked erect. They were then...
Página 62 - Man will vermittelst ihrer über alle Gegenstände möglicher Erfahrung (trans physicam) hinausgehen, um, womöglich, das zu erkennen, was schlechterdings kein Gegenstand derselben sein kann...
Página 105 - Sic erat instabilis tellus, innabilis unda, lucis egens ae'r : nulli sua forma manebat, obstabatque aliis aliud, quia corpore in uno frigida pugnabant calidis, humentia siccis, mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus.

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