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"[...] A good example of how older myths are accounted for by a modern priesthood[11] is the story of Pacari Tampu, the 'House of the Dawn,' a legend of the Collas, a Peruvian tribe. From the caverns of Pacari Tampu issued four brothers and a sister. The eldest ascended a mountain and cast stones to all the cardinal points of the compass to signify that he had taken possession of the land.[...]".Tags
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Lewis Spence (1920-1998) was a reporter for the Schenectady Union Star in upstate New York and later a correspondent for Time magazine.
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- Introduction to Mythology Myths and Legends
- Original publication date
- 1921
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 292.13 — Religion Other religions Greek & Roman Mythology Religious mythology, general classes of religion, interreligious relations and attitudes, social theology Mythology and mythological foundations
- LCC
- BL310 .S7 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism The myth. Comparative mythology
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