 | 1870 - 624 pàgines
...themselves in the mythopctic age. Mr. Max Miiller's dictum, that ' it is the essential cha' racter of a true myth that it should no longer be intelligible ' by reference to the spoken language,' is thus opposed, not only to the known facts, but to the rational... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1869 - 418 pàgines
...of pure mythology. For Zeus was to the Greeks the protector of the suppliants, Zevs uco-eo-ios, — and hence Prayers are called his daughters, as we...formation of nouns and verbs, is not sufficient to explain 1 0. MUller has pointed out how the different parents given to the " Erinyes " by different poets were... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1869 - 432 pàgines
...England, or Prayer the offspring of the soul. All these sayings, however, though mythical, are not vet myths. It is the essential character of a true myth...formation of nouns and verbs, is not sufficient to explain 1 O. MUller has pointed out how the different parents given to the " Erinyes " by different poets were... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1868 - 430 pàgines
...sayings, however, though mythical, are not yet mythes. It is the essential character of a true mythe that it should no longer be intelligible by a reference...nouns and verbs, is not sufficient to explain how a mythe could have lost its expressive power or its life and consciousness. Making due allowance for... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1879 - 660 pàgines
...intention of representing actions and agents under the guise of a story which conceals their reality. But it is the essential character of a true myth that...intelligible by a reference to the spoken language.§ A myth is a primitive expression of phenomena not scientifically understood, and by the necessities... | |
 | 1881 - 832 pàgines
...example, but it will serve as well as another to illustrate Mr. Miiller's theory. ' It is,' he says, ' the essential character of a true myth that it should no longer be intelligible by a reference to spoken language.' But how did spoken language retain the words and the sayings, and lose their meaning... | |
 | 1881 - 830 pàgines
...example, but it will serve as well as another to illustrate Mr. Miiller's theory. ' It is,' he says, ' the essential character of a true myth that it should no longer be intelligible by a reference to spoken language.' But how did spoken language retain the words and the sayings, and lose their meaning... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1881 - 1422 pàgines
...example, but it will serve as well as another to illustrate Mr. Miiller's theory. ' It is,' he says, ' the essential character of a true myth that it should no longer be intelligible by a reference to spoken language.' But how did spoken language retain the words and the sayings, and lose their meaning... | |
 | Theophilus Hahn - 1881 - 176 pàgines
...in mind " that language is 121 always language — it always meant something originally," and " that it is the essential character of a true myth, that it should be no longer intelligible." — Max Miiller. " The facts of language, however small, are historical... | |
 | Theophilus Hahn - 1881 - 192 pàgines
...in mind " that language is 121 always language — it always meant something originally" and " that it is the essential character of a true myth, that it should be no longer intelligible." — Max Mliller. " The facts of language, however small, are historical... | |
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It is the essential character of a true myth that it should no longer be intelligible by a reference to the spoken language. The plastic character of ancient language, which we have traced in the formation of nouns and verbs, is not sufficient to explain... 
