 ... fated to remain unwed for the year. Another way of prophesying the future is as follows. The young people meet near the river and bathe till twilight, when a fire is kindled, and the lads and lasses, taking each other's hands, jump over the flame,...  The Mythology of All Races - Página 314editado por - 1918Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 páginas
...characters, said, " It was a huckleberry above the persimmon of any native of the country." The explanation may be found in the fact that in many parts of the South huckleberries are esteemed above persimmons. A story goes that on one occasion a number of persons... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 páginas
...characters, said, " It was a huckleberry above the persimmon of any native of the country." The explanation may be found in the fact that in many parts of the South huckleberries are esteemed above persimmons. A story goes that on one occasion a number of persons... | |
 | John Arnott MacCulloch - 1918 - 570 páginas
...taking each other's hands, jump over the flame, two by two. Those who do not loosen their hands v/hile jumping will become husband and wife, the same thing...instead of Kupalo.23 PART V BALTIC MYTHOLOGY BY THE EDITOR BALTIC MYTHOLOGY THE closest kindred of the Slavs are the Baltic peoples — the Prussians and... | |
 | John Arnott MacCulloch - 1918 - 574 páginas
...taking each other's hands, jump over the flame, two by two. Those who do not loosen their hands v/hile jumping will become husband and wife, the same thing...are made and afterwards drowned and burned like a Rusalka; a while in some places Jarilo and Kostroma are buried in a similar way instead of Kupalo.23... | |
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