nature mythology

Anthrop.: The mythology which represents natural phenomena as the result of the action of conscious agents. ( Tylor : Prim . Cult . (ed. 1873), i. 318.) nature-printing, s. A proce in which impre ions which may be printed from are obtained from objects, such as leaves, fibers, lace, . In one method the object, such as a fern frond, is placed between a steel plate and one of heated lead and subjected to a strong pre ure, forming an exact intaglio copy in the lead from which impres sions are taken. nature-worship, s Compar. Religions : A generic term to denote a stage of religious thought in which the powers of nature are personified and worshiped. It found its highest and most beautiful expre ion in the my thology of ancient Greece. Cla ifying religions with regard to the estimation in which the deity is held, Lubbock ( Orig . of Civilization , 1882, p. 206) makes nature-worship the second stage, atheism (the absence of definite ideas on the subject) being the first. "The third and last stage in early religious develop. ment is the anthropomorphic stage, which links nature. worship on to monotheism."- Keary : Outlines of Primi. tive Belief, p. 46. *na-ture, v. t . [NATURE, s.] To endow with natural qualities. "He which natureth every kynde, The mighty God." Gower: C. A. , vii. *nā-ture-le , a . [Eng. nature; -le .] Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. *na-tür-I-an, s. [Eng. natur(e); -ian.] A natu ralist. ( Watson : A Dec a cordon , p. 341.) nā-tur-Işm, s. [Eng. natur (e); -ism. ] Med.: A view which ascribes everything to nature.