Tradition Principally With Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations

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Author

Arundell of Wardour, John Francis Arundell, Baron, 1831-1906

Title

Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Tradition (Theology)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47127

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47127

Release Date

October 15, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRADITION PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO MYTHOLOGY AND THE LAW OF NATIONS.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.MEMOIR OF COLONEL GEORGE MACDONELL, C.B.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE LAW OF NATIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE LAW OF NATURE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III PRIMITIVE LIFE. — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TRADITION.
9. 9.CHAPTER V CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SCIENCE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI PALMER ON EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE TRADITION OF THE HUMAN RACE. — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII MYTHOLOGY. — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII. — “ŒDIPUS, PERSEUS.” — II. PROMETHEUS AND HERCULES OR HERAKLES.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX ASSYRIAN MYTHOLOGY. — ANA. — BIL OR ENU. — HEA OR HOA. — NEBO.
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE TRADITION OF NOAH AND THE DELUGE
15. 15.CHAPTER XI DILUVIAN TRADITIONS IN AFRICA AND AMERICA. — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XI. THE PONGOL FESTIVAL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON TRADITION. — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XII.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII NOAH AND THE GOLDEN AGE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV SIR H. MAINE ON THE LAW OF NATIONS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE DECLARATION OF WAR.
20. 20.INDEX.
21. 21.BURNS, OATES & CO.’S LIST.
22. 22.Footnotes
23. 23.Transcriber’s Note

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