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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 203

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Jackof the Hammer, whose exploits are told by W. Bottrell Traditions and HearthsideStories of West Cornwall Penzance 1870 p. 10 fif. He passed as a travelling tinkard...hammer in hand, but proved more than a match for Tom the eight-foot giant-killer.The tinkard, taking his black-thorn stick in the… … Fig. 893. they had no effect on the tinkard, because he wore a leather coat, the like of which wasnever seen in the west country before. This coat, made of a black bulls hide, left almostwhole, was without a seam, and dressed with the curly hair on it. On the breast, back,and shoulders it was as…

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

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