Custom and Myth - Andrew Lang - Books - Independently Published - 9798575497837 - December 3, 2020
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Custom and Myth

After the heavy rain of a thunderstorm has washed the soil, it sometimes happens that a child, or a rustic, finds a wedge-shaped piece of metal or a few triangular flints in a field or near a road. There was no such piece of metal, there were no such flints, lying there yesterday, and the finder is puzzled about the origin of the objects on which he has lighted. He carries them home, and the village wisdom determines that the wedge-shaped piece of metal is a 'thunderbolt, ' or that the bits of flint are 'elf-shots, ' the heads of fairy arrows. Such things are still treasured in remote nooks of England, and the 'thunderbolt' is applied to cure certain maladies by its touch.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 3, 2020
ISBN13 9798575497837
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 136
Dimensions 216 × 280 × 7 mm   ·   331 g
Language English  

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