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... cult of Apollo Delphinios in Crete.15 This combines etymology with the learned interpretation of cult epithets by the construction of banal mythical precedents ; the two are related but not identical . In the early classical era the ...
... cult of Apollo Delphinios in Crete.15 This combines etymology with the learned interpretation of cult epithets by the construction of banal mythical precedents ; the two are related but not identical . In the early classical era the ...
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... cult there , but which came first , the cult or the assumption of Apollo's birth , is uncertain . His defeat of the dragon Python at Delphi might reflect the imposition of a new kind of worship on an older and cruder cult , but that is ...
... cult there , but which came first , the cult or the assumption of Apollo's birth , is uncertain . His defeat of the dragon Python at Delphi might reflect the imposition of a new kind of worship on an older and cruder cult , but that is ...
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... cult and the ancient religion . Some divine myths , then , are rooted in cult and ritual , but many others are not . One might , of course , claim that all such myths depend on the very concept of gods , and that this was associated ...
... cult and the ancient religion . Some divine myths , then , are rooted in cult and ritual , but many others are not . One might , of course , claim that all such myths depend on the very concept of gods , and that this was associated ...
Contents
PART I | 9 |
The Relation of Myths to Folktales | 30 |
Five Monolithic Theories | 49 |
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