Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 147
and Hindustan ma meantmother; in China mother is mi or mu,, and in SouthAmerica as in Chaldea and all over Europe mama meantmother ; Mammal is of course traceable to the same root,and it is evident that even were ma merely an infantilesyllable it obviously carried far more than a contemptibleor… … IV.] ALBION 137 Creatrix of the Universe, or Virgin Daughter of the Air isnamed Ilmatar, which is evidently the All Mater or AllMother. Alma was no doubt the almoner of aliment, andher symbol was the almond. In Scotland where there isa river Almond, ben means mountain or head, and be7ivaries almost…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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