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... German race , mythology and folk - lore teem with notices of alfs ( or elves ) and duergar ( or dwarfs ) . 1 Keightley's " Fairy Myth . " 22 . 2 lb. 23 . 8 Ib . 15-17 . The whole world is full of spirits . The white DEMONS . 55.
... German race , mythology and folk - lore teem with notices of alfs ( or elves ) and duergar ( or dwarfs ) . 1 Keightley's " Fairy Myth . " 22 . 2 lb. 23 . 8 Ib . 15-17 . The whole world is full of spirits . The white DEMONS . 55.
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... German folk - lore , 1 and Titania is the same as Diana , 2 the principal leader of the nymphs , who had since been transformed into the fays . The fairies of Shakespeare and our modern nurse- 1 Keightley's " Fairy Myth . " 208 . 2 Ovid ...
... German folk - lore , 1 and Titania is the same as Diana , 2 the principal leader of the nymphs , who had since been transformed into the fays . The fairies of Shakespeare and our modern nurse- 1 Keightley's " Fairy Myth . " 208 . 2 Ovid ...
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... German " Leucht," or Light : he was more mischievous than malevolent, and can without difficulty be identified with Hermes . and Mercury, the messengers — the Angels — of Zeus and Jupiter — the rays proceeding from the great light of ...
... German " Leucht," or Light : he was more mischievous than malevolent, and can without difficulty be identified with Hermes . and Mercury, the messengers — the Angels — of Zeus and Jupiter — the rays proceeding from the great light of ...
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... German " Leucht , " or Light : he was more mischievous than malevolent , and can without difficulty be identified with Hermes and Mercury , the messengers - the Angels - of Zeus and Jupiter the rays proceeding from the great light of ...
... German " Leucht , " or Light : he was more mischievous than malevolent , and can without difficulty be identified with Hermes and Mercury , the messengers - the Angels - of Zeus and Jupiter the rays proceeding from the great light of ...
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... German ) , Tyr ( Old Norse ) , Tiw ( Anglo - Saxon ) —God . Dies ( Lat . ) , Dyu ( Sansk . ) , Day ( English ) — Daylight or Heaven - light . Zen ( Gr . ) , Zenos ( Gr . ) , Janus ( Lat . ) , Dianus ( Lat . ) , Diana ( Lat . ) , Divine ...
... German ) , Tyr ( Old Norse ) , Tiw ( Anglo - Saxon ) —God . Dies ( Lat . ) , Dyu ( Sansk . ) , Day ( English ) — Daylight or Heaven - light . Zen ( Gr . ) , Zenos ( Gr . ) , Janus ( Lat . ) , Dianus ( Lat . ) , Diana ( Lat . ) , Divine ...
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