Lectures On the Origin And Growth of Religion As Illustrated By Celtic Heathendo
Lectures On the Origin And Growth of Religion As Illustrated By Celtic Heathendo
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The accounts they heard of him made some equate him with Hercules, while they reminded others of Ulysses beyond all question. In other words, the Ilercules and Ulysses of the Germania represented one and the same Teutonic god or hero, who was no other than Woden. According to this interpretation of the historian's words, the ancient Germans had poems about him which constituted at once the story of the labours of the Teutonic Ilercules and a rude sort of Odyssey : what a vista of lost literatur...e this discloses to the gaze 1 It is supposed to be represented by Asburg, or else to have stood near Eesenberg.
D 290 III. THE CULTURE HERO.
of the student of the early history of a great race ! "With regard to the altar bearing the names of Ulysses and his father Laertes, which gives the story the air of the exact- ness that proves too much, it is to be observed that the words of Tacitus do not compel us to suppose that his informant mentioned the name Laertes or had ever heard it : this may be of the writer's own supplying.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The accounts they heard of him made some equate him with Hercules, while they reminded others of Ulysses beyond all question. In other words, the Ilercules and Ulysses of the Germania represented one and the same Teutonic god or hero, who was no other than Woden. According to this interpretation of the historian's words, the ancient Germans had poems about him which constituted at once the story of the labours of the Teutonic Ilercules and a rude sort of Odyssey : what a vista of lost literatur...e this discloses to the gaze 1 It is supposed to be represented by Asburg, or else to have stood near Eesenberg.
D 290 III. THE CULTURE HERO.
of the student of the early history of a great race ! "With regard to the altar bearing the names of Ulysses and his father Laertes, which gives the story the air of the exact- ness that proves too much, it is to be observed that the words of Tacitus do not compel us to suppose that his informant mentioned the name Laertes or had ever heard it : this may be of the writer's own supplying.
What to read after Lectures On the Origin And Growth of Religion As Illustrated By Celtic Heathendo?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by John Rhys to read onlineMoreLess
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