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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 802

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Fig. 618. … Fig. 619. priestly wood-cutter leaving his axe in the tree, but also we haveunmistakeable evidence of the axe being conceived as male and thetree as female. If I am right in my interpretation of the tale (andthere is small room for error), it follows that here in an out-of-the-way corner of Europe…

Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature

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