| 单词 | menhir |
| 例句 | So the fury of Frank’s finger passes to those of us who have been benumbed by today’s proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs—street after street a corridor of dead souls. Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The crew restored some of the fallen menhirs to their rightful places, reinforced the corridor with concrete and made sketches of any engravings they found. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Slowly and absorbedly the two went on exploring the pages of the book; stopping to read, stopping to talk and discuss the questions of tumuli and stone circles, dolmens and menhirs. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z But the gloom, the melancholy inertia, the mystic faith, the simplicity of this land of wind-mills, small trees, granite coasts and menhirs, worked strongly on the yet untamed primitive in him. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z The male is repeatedly characterised as a rock, hermes, menhir, tolmen, or upright stone, the female by the dolphin, or fish. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Probably it was the menhir of some chief who died of the disease, or some fancied similarity to the symptoms of the disease was noticed in its shape. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z With so much unmonitored traffic at the monument, Mr. Castaño is concerned about the possible damage to the fingerlike menhir at the entrance to the burial vault. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Like Jersey and the neighbouring part of France, Guernsey retains considerable traces of early habitation in cromlechs and menhirs, of which the most notable is the cromlech in the north at L’Ancresse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The scene of the battle was between Concise and Corcelles, north-east of the town, and is marked by several columns, perhaps ancient menhirs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z In certain places on the Scandinavian peninsula, extensive groups of menhirs occur, scattered irregularly over the plain; these are supposed to mark ancient battle-fields. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The Breton's eyes are slowly turning from the enchanted West, and slowly his ears are forgetting the whisper of the wind around menhir and dolmen. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z “If the curvy line does represent the ancient course of the Tagus, the menhir may be the oldest realistic map in the world,” he said. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z About half a mile due north-west of the church is a menhir eight feet high, situated on a mound overlooking the sea. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z But after a while we came to the first menhirs, and Uncle just about went into a fit. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z The purpose of these menhirs is not well understood. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Grey dolmen and grey menhir already stand there, by the last shores, memorials of his destiny. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The stones, or menhirs — some as tall as six feet — buttressed a massive capstone set in a tumulus, or a mound of earth and pebbles. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Even at the present day women steal to the sole menhir standing and the rude stone pillars, with or without still ruder inscriptions, found in many parts of Brittany. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In Brittany, in the vicinity of the tombs, there were set up in the ground enormous blocks of stone, that have received the name of menhirs, the most noted of which is that at Carnac. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z These menhirs are arranged in eleven lines, forming regular alleys. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Like them it was adorned with menhirs and horses' heads, like them it contained traces of sacrifices. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Two menhirs, roughly hewn to simulate the human form, are yet to be found in Guernsey, Channel Islands, and formerly there was a similar menhir in the Breton village of Baud, Morbihan. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The menhir is known as the Old Man, probably from houl mæn, a sun stone. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z These three systems seem once to have formed a continuous series; the menhirs, many of which have been broken up for road-mending and other purposes, have diminished in number by some thousands in modern times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Certain monuments, which are called, according to their form, menhirs, dolmens or cromlechs. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z All around, like shapeless statues, stood twelve small menhirs, each of which was surmounted by a horse's skull. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Disappointed at a failure like this, which for him was most unusual, Cuchulainn went away to a menhir where he sat down and fell asleep. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Nine big stones in a straight line are followed by a menhir, a disposition often seen on Dartmoor; and at Pawton is a dolmen called the Giant's Quoit, an exceptionally fine example. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The most remarkable consist of long avenues of menhirs or standing stones; but there is also a profusion of other erections, such as dolmens and barrows, throughout the whole district. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Here, close to the celebrated menhir of Dol, he and his monks built their cells. Legends & Romances of Brittany The menhir bore the inscription, followed by the number 17. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Let him marvel at the mightiest of menhirs now broken and prostrate at Locmariaquer, and then let him ponder over the subterranean places near it. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z This locality, opposite the village of Ecuelle, was already noted for the menhir, or prehistoric upright stone, standing on the right bank of the canal. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The megalithic remains, the dolmens, menhirs, cromlechs and stone circles are said to resemble more closely those of northern Africa than the larger remains of Brittany and of the British Isles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" A strange legend is connected with this rude menhir. Legends & Romances of Brittany The light did not extend beyond the menhirs. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The menhir is very tall and smoothly rounded, and there is no possible way for the coin to have fallen into the fissure by accident. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Centuries old, some of these massive walls must be—often constructed doubtless from older monuments of dim religious purpose, just as some of the gate-posts were once menhirs and monoliths. The Cornwall Coast In fact, where menhirs are found, an obscene creed has persisted. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Such of the menhirs as are carved were obviously so treated before they were placed in situ, as the design passes round the edges. Legends & Romances of Brittany The vast menhir which rests against one of its walls has seen many more than seven centuries, and the most devoted antiquary can hardly call it beautiful. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine The place in the menhir where this coin was discovered is on the south side about fifteen inches above the surface of the ground. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Auray is a good central point for visiting the Celtic remains:—menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs, all of which are as plentiful here as are calvaries, shrines, and churches in Léon. Brittany & Its Byways One of the avenues is two hundred and sixty feet long, and one is double for a part of the way, and each of the three starts from a menhir, or long stone. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts A menhir is a rude monolith set up on end, a great single stone, the base of which is buried deep in the soil. Legends & Romances of Brittany The local guide-book mentioned some prehistoric menhirs and a chambered barrow on the top of Red Ridge, a distant hill, so they had fixed that as their Mecca. A Popular Schoolgirl Cromlech is the Welsh equivalent for the Breton dolmen, but Breton archaeologists use cromlech to describe a circle formed by menhirs. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The next object we saw is also attributed to the fairies, the great menhir, called Men-er-Groách, or stone of the fairies. Brittany & Its Byways The sun was sinking, and threw the shadow of the menhir, enlarged to a monstrous size, across her path. A Loose End and Other Stories Occasionally legend assists us to prove the mortuary character of menhir and dolmen. Legends & Romances of Brittany The best known of these types are as follows: Firstly, the menhir, which is a tall, rough pillar of stone with its base fixed into the earth. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The coin must have been secretly placed in the menhir by some pious peasant as a direct ex voto for some favour received or demanded. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Before reaching Carnac, we stopped at Kermario on the left, and got out of the carriage to inspect the army of large menhirs about the windmill. Brittany & Its Byways She feared the menhir no longer: its power over her was gone. A Loose End and Other Stories The passage ends in a square sepulchral chamber, the supports of which are eight menhirs of grained granite, a stone not found on the island. Legends & Romances of Brittany Both menhir and dolmen are Breton words, these two types of megalithic monument being particularly frequent in Brittany. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders And the offering of a coin to the spirit residing in a menhir is parallel to throwing coins, pins, or other objects into sacred fountains, which, as we know, is an undisputed practice. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It is the largest menhir known, but it has been broken into three pieces, some say by thunder. Brittany & Its Byways We have many monoliths, called in Wales and Cornwall, as also in Brittany, menhirs, a name derived from the Celtic word maen or men, signifying a stone, and hir meaning tall. Vanishing England The field in which the menhir of Dol stands, 40; the battle in, 40 Champtoc�. Legends & Romances of Brittany Fifthly, we come to the alignement, in which a series of menhirs is arranged in open lines on some definite system. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders This form, which like the first is a survival of the menhir, was in vogue till the last days of Egyptian art. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt On our way home we passed, on the left, at Kerscaven, two menhirs, one curiously furrowed and shaped like a half-opened fan. Brittany & Its Byways And in the midst of that circle was the pool of still, black water, and across that towered the tall menhir from a green bank on which it stood facing me. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Probable connexion of the menhir with, 18 n. Legends & Romances of Brittany Thus the Penrith circle is locally known as "Meg and her Daughters," a dolmen in Berkshire is called "Wayland the Smith's Cave," while in one of the Orkney Isles is a menhir named "Odin's Stone." Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In sober truth, they are a more shapely form of the standing stone, or menhir, which is raised by semi- civilised peoples in commemoration of their gods or their dead. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Next day we went to Carnac to see its marvellous avenues of menhirs. Brittany & Its Byways I had thought that this menhir had fallen when this came to pass. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex A Saxon idol; probable connexion between the menhir and the worship of, 18 n. Legends & Romances of Brittany Thus we find a rock called the "Chair of Gargantua," a menhir called "Gargantua's Little Finger," and an allée couverte called "Gargantua's Tomb." Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Tumuli are also numerous, but only a few menhirs and traces of cromlechs are to be seen. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Some are menhirs planted vertically on the end, others enormous blocks simply laid upon the soil. Brittany & Its Byways "Grave me a cross on yonder menhir in token that the days of the Druid are numbered," he said softly, sitting down on the stone with his head bowed, as if in deadly faintness. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Beyond is the Atlantic, and on yonder headland are the great menhirs of Carnac—thirty thousand of them, brought there before Christ was born. Frances Waldeaux In many cases, too, crosses have been placed or engraved on menhirs in order to "Christianize" them. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders To say streets is scarcely an exaggeration, for these jutting rocks have in places almost the regularity of the menhirs of Carnac. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Huge blocks of granite are scattered about in every direction, jutting out from among the furze—menhirs, cromlechs, and dolmens—a perfect wilderness of Celtic remains. Brittany & Its Byways I think that the fall of the menhir scared them, for they were yet tied where Evan left them, just before that. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex The first consists of single stones, called in Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany, menhirs, a name derived from the Celtic word maen or men signifying a stone, and hir meaning tall. English Villages In the centre of the northern pair was a cover-slab supported by three uprights, and in the centre of the southern a single menhir. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Our tombstones are direct descendants of the menhir and the obelisk, our altar-tombs of the dolmen, our family vault of the primeval cave ossuary. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Midst these Roman remains are gigantic menhirs, barrows, and dolmens, vestiges of a still more ancient race. Brittany & Its Byways We passed a great flat rock, whereon were strange markings and a hollowed basin, which stood behind the menhir near the cliff, and to this the path led, but not beyond, from the glen. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Near the circle stand the Five Whispering Knights, five large stones leaning together, probably the remains of a dolmen, and a large solitary stone, or menhir. English Villages At Rollright, in Oxfordshire, there is a circle 100 feet in diameter with a tall menhir 50 yards to the north-east. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Supposing the true menhirs to be but ruined crosses also, Joan shed on them no scantier affection than upon the less venerable Brito-Celtic records of Christianity. Lying Prophets The menhir is estimated to be one-third the height of Notre Dame at Paris. Brittany & Its Byways I think now that it was the tongue of the men who reared the menhir, and that which was the mother of the tongue of Howel and Gerent alike. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Carved in the semblance of a human face and figure, the menhir became a statue, perhaps the first ever made. Early European History One of these, 330 feet in diameter with an outstanding menhir, is known as "Long Meg and her Daughters." Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Merlin was supposed to know the past, the present, and the future, and to be able to assume the form of any animal, and even that of a menhir, or huge standing stone. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Lying also prostrate on the ground, by the side of it, is a smaller menhir, which is, however, above 30 feet long. Brittany & Its Byways It may be, therefore, that it will not be known by the folk that the menhir has fallen, even yet, for we who did know it told them nought thereof. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex They also erected enormous stone pillars, known as menhirs. Early European History In the centre is a menhir 12 feet in height. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders However, we are a little fed up with dolmens and menhirs and we have fallen on fetes and have seen costumes which they said had been suppressed but which the old people still wear. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters The first preachers of Christianity, unable to uproot the veneration for the menhirs, surmounted them with the cross, preserving the worship but changing the symbol. Brittany & Its Byways I have seen pool and menhir, and the cliffs that hem them, even as the princess saw them. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex And now beyond two menhirs, as it were, become gradually distinct. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Passing now to combinations of menhirs in groups, we must first mention the remarkable alignements of Brittany, of which the most famous are those of Carnac. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders And as at dusk and dawn the great menhirs of Stonehenge fill with a mysterious, granitic life, seem to be praying priests of stone, so about these gathered hierophantic illusion. The Metal Monster Beneath the menhirs of Finistere, cinders and stones charred by fire bear eloquent witness to the cremation of the dead. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The stone was in full light now, and I noted that the shadow of the menhir was creeping toward its base, but not yet quite pointing to it. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Something that she evidently connected with the vast treeless moor rising southward to where the ancient menhir of King Taramis crowned its summit. The Fawn Gloves With the exception of a few menhirs, whose purpose is uncertain, all are sepulchral. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In many cases the menhir is surrounded by one or more rows of stones. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the middle of one of these inner circles, that on the north, was a dolmen, whilst that on the south enclosed in the centre but a single upright menhir. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Two steps took me to the menhir, and I drew my seax that I might do as he asked me. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex A fairy discovered asleep beside one of the ancient menhirs of Brittany. The Fawn Gloves They consist of thirteen dolmens, forty-one menhirs, two alignements, and a cromlech. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Thus at Der Ghuzaleh a menhir about 3 feet in height is set in the centre of what when complete must have been a rectangle. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In some cases menhirs mark the site of a tomb, and sometimes, as is the case with the obelisks of Egypt, they commemorate some happy event. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples And I saw that in a flash, even as he reeled back from the menhir and staggered. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex That faint tremor of fear that had come to him when beneath the menhir's shadow he had watched the opening of her eyes, returned to him. The Fawn Gloves Of the alignements, that of Caouria seems to consist, in part at least, of two parallel lines of menhirs, the rest of the plan being uncertain. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders If the benefits continue it is usual to increase the number of menhirs. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders These are, however, but exceptions, isolated facts, and it would certainly never do to argue from them that menhirs were connected with the worship of the generative flowers of nature. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples So I asked if there was any one could tell me where there were menhirs in the valleys, and a shepherd said that he knew two or three. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex It seems clear from the excavations that the menhirs do not mark the place of burials, though they may in some cases have been raised in honour of the dead. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders There is, however, a circle of stones west of Tiberias, and an enclosure of menhirs between Tyre and Sidon. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It is extremely difficult to get at the statistics of menhirs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In the centre of the circle of stones a single menhir of great height still remains with three others sloped so as to form a kind of crypt. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples I do not know that there is a menhir, Thane. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex In some instances these hearths were made on an overturned menhir, and other menhirs, which had belonged to the alignment, were fitted into the walls. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples It is, however, probable that these trilithons were not, like the dolmens, tombs, but served some religious purpose, possibly connected with the worship of the menhirs. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It was with this end in view that they erected menhirs and selected enormous stones for their megalithic monuments. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The menhirs of El Wad, in Algeria, form long avenues, running front west to east. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The menhir was full thrice a man's height. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex The archaeologists of Brittany, carried away perhaps by their patriotic enthusiasm, claim that when these monuments were intact they included two thousand menhirs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The most simple example, the menhir or upright stone, may have served many purposes. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders West of Tiberias is a circle, and between Tyre and Sidon an enclosure of menhirs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Alignments are groups of menhirs set up in one or wore rows. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Then it would send its rays across the pool full on the face of the menhir, as it seemed. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex During the first centuries of the Christian era, strange rites were still performed in honor of dolmens and menhirs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples |
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