Movements & Periods
azw3 |eng | 2012-03-06 | Author:Sturluson, Snorri [Sturluson, Snorri]
XII. “How should Váli be periphrased ? Thus: by calling him Son of Odin and Rindr, Stepson of Frigg, Brother of the Æsir, Baldr’s Avenger, Foe and Slayer of Hödr, ...
( Category:
European
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-05-12 | Author:Sarah M. Anderson & Karen Swenson
4. Vínland The experiment in Greenland was repeated in Víland. The same problems occurred, hut the experience was telescoped, lasting only a single generation. As in the other phases under ...
( Category:
Ancient & Classical
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-07-04 | Author:
13. OF EARL STRÚT-HAROLD AND VÉSETI AND THEIR SONS At that time there ruled in the island of Zealand an earl by the name of Harold. He was nicknamed Strút-Harold,35 ...
( Category:
Movements & Periods
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2017-03-26 | Author:Birkett, Thomas [Birkett, Thomas]
Conclusion As Halsall points out, ‘much of the effect of any Old English poem containing runes depends upon the distinctive appearance of the rune symbols in contrast to the ordinary ...
( Category:
European
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-10-07 | Author:Shell, Marc [Shell, Marc]
ILLUSTRATION 66 Rhine Maidens with Alberich Postage Stamp. Alois Kolb, 1933. The stamp was issued by the Reichspost of the German Empire. Permission granted by Collection Selechonek. Both the tragedy ...
( Category:
Movements & Periods
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Skyes, Edgerton & Kendall, Alan & Sykes, Egerton [Skyes, Edgerton]
L God ‘L’ ‘The Old Black God’ of the Mayans, depicted as an old man with toothless gums with one half of his face covered with black paint. He may ...
( Category:
Medieval
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-11-14 | Author:Marianne E. Kalinke
This epilogue supplies a satisfactory and harmonious ending to the story of Parceval, an ending that is lacking in Chrétien’s unfinished romance. It explicitly stresses the hero’s worldly achievements as ...
( Category:
Arthurian Romance
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2004-03-17 | Author:Fee, Christopher R. [Fee, Christopher R.]
Heroic Journeys and Quests At the center of most hero myths is the quest. Through the quest adventure, the hero proves his worth and “makes a name” for himself. The ...
( Category:
Medieval
June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2011-12-06 | Author:Mitchell, Bruce & Robinson, Fred C. [Mitchell, Bruce]
To understand the action of the poem, and especially the action in ll. 62–99, one must have some idea of the geography of the battle. (See map on p. 248, ...
( Category:
European
June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2016-09-04 | Author:Anonymous
XXIII ’MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant, old-sword of Eotens, with edge of proof, warriors’ heirloom, weapon unmatched, - save only ’twas more than other men to bandy-of-battle ...
( Category:
Medieval
June 6,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-06-28 | Author:Shippey, Tom [Shippey, Tom]
furu trikila fiari at kuli [They] fared like bold men far for gold ok a:ustarla arni kafu and in the east gave [food] to the eagle, tuu sunar:la at sirk:lan:ti: ...
( Category:
European
June 6,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-02-22 | Author:DuBois, Thomas [DuBois, Thomas]
A Struggle of Dynasties Eric Jedvardsson’s death occurred in a very unstable period for the Swedish monarchy. The two dynasties that had apparently ruled Sweden at least since the introduction ...
( Category:
Medieval
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2004-03-29 | Author:Atwood, Margaret [Atwood, Margaret]
The Martha Graham Academy was named after some gory old dance goddess of the twentieth century who’d apparently mowed quite a swath in her day. There was a gruesome statue ...
( Category:
United States
June 4,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-02 | Author:Koichi Haga;
Overlapping Ancient and Contemporary Japan In 2016, Svetlana Alexievich, a Nobel laureate, a Belarusian journalist and a non-fiction writer, visited Fukushima. She mentioned to the media that after talking with ...
( Category:
Asian
June 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 1959-04-28 | Author:Beach, Sylvia [Beach, Sylvia]
0> ^^- or those to be tipped could simply help themselves. Thus did Scott shed all he earned without concern for the future. It was through Scott, I imagine, that ...
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Booksellers & Bookselling
May 29,2019 )
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