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Para-Narratives in the Odyssey by Maureen Alden
epub |eng | 2017-09-07 | Author:Maureen Alden [Alden, Maureen]

The man who looks like a god but whose words lack grace obviously corresponds to Euryalus, and the man of insignificant appearance, honoured like a god for his rhetorical gifts, ...
( Category: Medieval August 1,2020 )
Restless Dead by Johnston Sarah Iles
epub |eng | 2013-08-14 | Author:Johnston, Sarah Iles

HECATE AND GIRLS’ TRANSITIONS I mentioned above that one of Hecate’s earliest roles in Greek literature and art was that of a wedding attendant. In this she was similar to ...
( Category: Ritual August 1,2020 )
The Origins And History Of Consciousness by Erich Neumann
mobi |eng | 2015-12-21 | Author:Erich Neumann [Neumann, Erich]

27. The hawk god Horns with King Nectanebo II Egypt, 370 B.C. 28. Ramesses I sacrifices to Isis and to the Osiris head symbol Egypt, Abydos, 14th–13th century B.C. 29. ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 29,2020 )
Pagan Portals - Loki: Trickster and Transformer by Dagulf Loptson
epub |eng | 2020-05-28 | Author:Dagulf Loptson [Loptson, Dagulf]

Chapter 7 Goða Dolgr: The Enemy of the Gods Aside from his wife Sigyn in Asgarðr, Loki had a lover in Jötunheimr named Angrboða, the “distress bringer”. With her he ...
( Category: Paganism July 28,2020 )
Tales of Folk and Fairies by Katharine Pyle
epub |eng | 2008-06-26 | Author:Katharine Pyle [Pyle, Katharine]

* * * [1] King. THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET A Persian Story There were once two brothers, the sons of a rich merchant, and ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 27,2020 )
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
mobi |eng | 2012-01-16 | Author:Kersey Graves

"One vast, appointed flame, by Fate's decree, Shall waste yon azure heavens, the earth and sea." The Egyptians marked their houses with red, to indicate that the world would be ...
( Category: Comparative Religion July 26,2020 )
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by Jennifer Speake
epub |eng | 2015-09-12 | Author:Jennifer Speake [Speake, Jennifer]

laugh see also jove but laughs at lovers’ perjury; love laughs at locksmiths. He LAUGHS best who laughs last The person who finally wins in any situation is the one ...
( Category: Word Lists July 25,2020 )
The Myths - 02 - The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
mobi |eng | 2005-10-11 | Author:Margaret Atwood

While tied to the mast he did rant and did rave, But Odysseus alone learned their riddle! The whirlpool Charybdis did not our lad catch, Nor snake-headed Scylla, she could ...
( Category: Mythology July 22,2020 )
The Unidentified by Colin Dickey
epub |eng | 2020-07-20 | Author:Colin Dickey

* * * The desert is contactee country, where mystics and occultists (along with ordinary people like Bethurum) claimed to have made communions with visitors from other planets throughout the ...
( Category: Communication & Media Studies July 21,2020 )
Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan by Hayao Kawai
epub |eng | 2020-04-20 | Author:Hayao Kawai

6. The Repetition of Balancing Movements Throughout the mythology of Japan, one is impressed by the fact that a basic story is retold again and again with only subtle changes. ...
( Category: Folklore July 21,2020 )
The Last Storytellers: Tales From the Heart of Morocco by Richard Hamilton
epub |eng | 2011-05-25 | Author:Richard Hamilton [Hamilton, Richard]

El-Ghaliya Bent Mansour Ahmed Temiicha Four hundred years ago, there was an Emir who lived in Marrakech. He had heard that in Andalusia there lived a king who owned an ...
( Category: African July 21,2020 )
Mythology of the British Isles by Geoffrey Ashe
epub |eng | 2020-04-22 | Author:Geoffrey Ashe [Ashe, Geoffrey]

32 St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins Ursula was a British princess. A pagan prince asked for her hand in marriage.[1] Preferring to remain single, and certainly not wanting ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 21,2020 )
Haunted Places: Chilling Paranormal and Supernatural Ghost Stories from Around the World by Bauer Conrad
azw3 |eng | 2016-01-03 | Author:Bauer, Conrad [Bauer, Conrad]

One couple in particular noted the same phenomena. They arrived at the hotel late after a long day’s travel. Exhausted, they checked in well after the usual time and made ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 17,2020 )
Rostam: Tales of Love and War From the Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
epub |eng | 2009-09-29 | Author:Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Rostam Spies on Sohrab The sun withdrew from the world, and dark night spread her troops across the plain. Eager to observe the enemy, Rostam came before Kavus. He said, ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 17,2020 )
Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God: Srimad Bhagavata Purana by Edwin F. Bryant
epub |eng | 2003-12-04 | Author:Edwin F. Bryant

CHAPTER 52 The Marriage of Rukmiṇī 1. Śriī Śuka said: ‘Blessed in this way by Kṛṣṇa, Mucukunda, the descendant of Ikṣvāku, circumambulated Kṛṣṇa, bowed to him and stepped from the ...
( Category: Movements & Periods July 17,2020 )

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