单词 | sky world |
释义 | > as lemmassky world sky world n. the sky or a place believed to exist beyond it, esp. regarded as a realm inhabited by supernatural beings, the spirits of the dead, etc.In later use chiefly with reference to the mythologies of American Indians and other indigenous peoples. ΚΠ 1869 M. S. Brown in A. W. Brown & A. I. Brown Lyrical Pieces v. 307 Moonbeam..wherefore leave thy halls of light In yon golden sky-world bright? 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 5 49 Have I not but lately told you of the youth who made love to his eagle and dwelt apace in the Sky-world? 1936 Folk-lore 47 237 Magical spells designed to protect the dead man..and to promote his welfare and happiness in the mysterious continuation of his earthly life, conceived either as a sky-world or an underworld. 1995 J. W. Herrick & D. R. Snow Irοquois Med. Bot. i. 5/1 Before humans inhabited the earth there existed only the sky world... Since the sky world was beyond the sky, it did not have a moon, sun, or stars. < as lemmas |
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