The Child and Childhood in Folk-thought: (The Child in Primitive Culture)IndyPublish.com, 1896 - 400 pages 1896. The Child in Primitive Culture. Contents: Child-Study; The Child's Tribute to the Mother; The Child's Tribute to the Father; The Name Child; The Child in the Primitive Laboratory; The Bright Side of Child-Life: Parental Affection; Childhood the Golden Age; Children's Food; Children's Souls; Children's Flowers, Plants, and Trees; Children's Animals, Birds, etc.; Child-Life and Education in General; The Child as Member and Builder of Society; The Child as Linguist; The Child as Actor and Inventor; The Child as Poet and Musician; The Child as Teacher and Wiseacre; The Child as Judge; The Child as Oracle-Keeper and Oracle-Interpreter; The Child as Weather-Maker; The Child as Healer and Physician; The Child as Shaman and Priest; The Child as Hero, Adventurer, etc.; The Child as Fetich and Divinity; The Child as God: The Christ-Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Parents, Father and Mother; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child, Mankind, Genius; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Mother and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Father and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Childhood, Youth, and Age; and Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child and Childhood. |
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Algonkian ancient ancient Rome Andaman Islanders angels animals babe baby beautiful belief birds birth bogies born breast British Columbia brother called ceremonies chil child is father childhood church cognate cradle custom dancing daughter dead death dialects divine dodola dolls dren earth English Eskimo father flowers folk-etymology folk-lore girl goddess gods Goethe Greek hand heaven Henry Ward Beecher human idea imitation Indians infant Islands Kinder king land language Latin legend little children live Manabozho marriage married Max Müller Michabo moon mother myth Napoleonic code native nurse origin parents play Ploss poet priest primitive Proverb races Sanskrit says Scotch shaman signifies sing sister society song soul speak speech spirits story suckled tells thee things thou thought tion to-day told tongue trees tribes Tusayan Unkulunkulu Vatea Virgin wife woman women words young youth
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Page 2 - called to him a little child and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 118 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some divine despair, Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes, In looking at the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 360 - It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time,
Page 123 - Behold, my lords, Although the print be little, the whole matter And copy of the father : eye, nose, lip, The trick of his frown, his forehead ; nay, the valley, The pretty dimples of his chin and cheek ; his smiles, The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger,
Page 60 - To you your father should be as a god ; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are but as a form in wax, By him imprinted, and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it,
Page 375 - 28. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 190 - How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them ' Hiawatha's Brothers.'
Page 330 - Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water ; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 71 - Prime cheerer light 1 Of all material beings first and best ! Efflux divine ! Nature's resplendent robe ! Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt In unessential gloom ; and thou, O Sun ! Soul of surrounding worlds ! in whom best seen Shines out thy Maker 1
Page 284 - of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
References to this book
Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature Maria Nikolajeva No preview available - 1995 |