Legends and Myths of the Aboriginal Indians of British Guiana

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W. W. Gardner, 1880 - Guyana - 206 pages
 

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Page 179 - Arawaks . . . believe that they originally came from above the clouds. The weight of a heavy woman broke the rope by which they were descending: and communication was thus cut off between those who had reached the ground and those remaining above.
Page 29 - She becomes his wife, bears him above the clouds, and, after much trouble, persuades her father and family to receive him. All then goes well, until he expresses a wish to visit his aged mother, when they discard him, and set him on the top of a very high tree, the trunk of which is covered with formidable prickles. He appeals pathetically to all the living creatures around. Then spiders spin cords to help him, 1 Schreck, p. 35 ; Vernaleken, pp. 274, 287 ; Jones and Kropf, p. 95 ; " Bahar-Danush,
Page 29 - She lays aside her feathers, appears before him as a beautiful girl, becomes his wife, bears him above the clouds, and after much trouble persuades her father and family to receive him. All then goes well until he expresses, a wish to visit his aged mother, when they discard him...
Page 29 - ... clouds, and, after much trouble, persuades her father and family to receive him. All then goes well, until he expresses a wish to visit his aged mother, when they discard him, and set him on the top of a very high tree, the trunk of which is covered with formidable prickles. He appeals pathetically to all the living creatures around. Then spiders spin cords to help him, and fluttering birds ease his descent, so that at last he reaches the ground in safety.
Page 6 - since there He sits alone. The " Great Our Father," 2 though to Him for comfort none have gone, And of " Our Maker " 3 oft we speak, but never call upon. That Mighty Maker all things formed; 'tis He that made them move; And food for all things He bestows, which seems a proof of love. But calm He sits above the sky, To Him for succour none can fly, He is so high above!
Page 29 - kiskedee," though a valiant little bird, disliked the war, and bandaged his head with white cotton, pretending to be sick.
Page 109 - When halfway up she was turned into stone by terror and exhaustion. None could help her, and none could pass over her.
Page 4 - There he of God and of the soul Would question in the " Dutch Creole;
Page 29 - The birds at length espouse his cause, assemble their forces, and bear him as their commander above the sky.

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