Folklore & Mythology
epub |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Carolyne Larrington

Conclusion Our journeys in this chapter have taken us through east England, over the heathland and mires of Dartmoor, to the Borders and North Yorkshire where corpses once roamed, and ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 28,2019 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-01 | Author:Barbara Graziosi [Graziosi, Barbara]

12 Mutants When Julius Caesar’s will was opened after his death in 44 BC, it was found to contain a few surprises. Most dramatically, it named Octavius, one of his ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 25,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-11 | Author:Harry Oliver [Oliver, Harry]

Bowlers are reluctant to stop a run-up once it has started, since restarting is reputed to be unlucky for the fielding side. Cricketers are superstitious about many other things, too. ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 6,2019 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-28 | Author:Kathleen Basford [Basford, Kathleen]

Page 23 List of References 1. LADY RAGLAN "The Green Man in Church Architecture" Folklore. 50. 1939. pp. 45-57. 2. SIR NIKOLAUS PEVSNER The Buildings of England (series) Penguin Books. ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2007-01-24 | Author:Munya Andrews

El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá in the Yucatan, Mexico. Each year thousands flock to this site on 21 March at the Spring equinox to view the famous descent of ...
( Category: Astronomy August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2003-05-29 | Author:Aesop [Aesop]

It is thus with men also: those who abandon their own occupations to mix themselves up in affairs which don’t concern them meet with misfortune as a natural consequence. 151 ...
( Category: Medieval August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Lally & Paula Flynn Lally

Co. Meath: From the Irish An Mhí, meaning ‘The Middle’. Co. Meath is a prominent county with regards to folklore and mythology; in fact it is known as ‘The Royal ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-01 | Author:Jean La Fontaine

The heart will follow where the head May lead, and does so willingly. Whence stemmed the pagan error, spread Over a vast humanity. The ancients seized on folly, thus: Mad ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-23 | Author:Martyn Whittock & Hannah Whittock

15 Thor and Tyr fetch a giant cauldron from Giantland, and Loki insults the gods and goddesses in the hall of Aegir THIS STORY IS found in the collection known ...
( Category: Classics August 2,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-10-01 | Author:David M Krueger

[I]t is reasonable to assume that they found a real pleasure in giving expression to their gratitude by creating, in this inviting spot, a semblance of the house of God ...
( Category: Sociology August 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-02 | Author:John Zada [Zada, John]

Since my time in Koeye, I’ve been thinking more and more about the role our minds play in mediating what we see and believe—and how these processes work. Contrary to ...
( Category: Unexplained Mysteries August 1,2019 )
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-03 | Author:J. F. Bierlein

BELLEROPHON (Greece) Bellerophon was accused of killing both the wicked Bellerus (hence the name Bellerophon, which means “murderer of Bellerus”), as well as Bellerophon’s own evil brother, Deliades. Bellerophon then ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense July 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-03 | Author:Richard Buxton

Book 3 But as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos the city of ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical July 24,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Taffy Thomas

This story leads to my next section of bird folklore, where you’ll see the birds in full colour and discover the wonderful names we have for their gatherings. 8 WHEN ...
( Category: Ornithology July 24,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-28 | Author:Eleanor Parker [Parker, Eleanor]

Gaimar provides this as an explanation for all Danish attacks on England from the ninth century onwards, rationalising Viking activity as a coordinated attempt at national expansion. The Danes are ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology July 19,2019 )