Folklore & Mythology
epub |eng | 2016-07-13 | Author:Martin J. Dougherty
The Disir and Fylgja The Norse tales contain references to spirits called Disir, whose nature is not clear. It is possible that the Disir are ancestral spirits or perhaps Elves, ...
( Category:
War
July 14,2019 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-02-27 | Author:Otto Rahn [Rahn, Otto]
Land where I was born, poor and naked land, Your ground is stony and your fields ungrateful. When I lead my old plow through it, I feel your soft heart ...
( Category:
Occultism
July 11,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-07-08 | Author:Stephen Amidon
The victim was for ever on the rack; it needed only to know the spring that controlled the engine;—and the physician knew it well! Would he startle him with sudden ...
( Category:
Folklore & Mythology
July 9,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-01-04 | Author:Armstrong, Karen [Armstrong, Karen]
v The Axial Age (c. 800 to 200 BCE) By the eighth century BCE, the malaise was becoming more widespread, and in four distinct regions an impressive array of prophets ...
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Folklore & Mythology
July 6,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:S. E. Schlosser
Mother started crying again when she saw the ring. I rubbed the gold band bemusedly and looked inside at the inscription engraved on it: “Forever yours, Maryanne.” I placed the ...
( Category:
Supernatural
July 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Bierhorst, John [Bierhorst, John]
54. The Fisherman’s Daughter A man and a woman were married, and let me tell you they were poor. Every morning the man went fishing and would come back with ...
( Category:
Native American
July 4,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-23 | Author:Graves, Robert [Graves, Robert]
1. According to Strabo (xii. 8. 21), Tantalus, Pelops, and Niobe were Phrygians; and he quotes Demetrius of Scepsis, and also Callisthenes (xiv. 5. 28), as saying that the family ...
( Category:
Folklore & Mythology
July 4,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ruth Binney
The Greeks regarded chamomile with respect, prescribing it for fevers and agues as well as menstrual and other female problems. English herbalists also swore by its healing effects. By the ...
( Category:
Trivia
June 29,2019 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-07-26 | Author:Italo Calvino [Calvino, Italo]
(Rome) 101 Belmiele and Belsole There was once a father with two such fair and beautiful children that the boy was called Belmiele, and the girl Belsole. The man’s duties ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 24,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Richard Sugg [Sugg, Richard]
Fairy Poltergeists An implicit link between fairies and poltergeists dates back to the Romans. Roman spirits of the dead (manes) were divided into two classes: those beneficial household spirits, the ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 24,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Sugg
Fairy Poltergeists An implicit link between fairies and poltergeists dates back to the Romans. Roman spirits of the dead (manes) were divided into two classes: those beneficial household spirits, the ...
( Category:
Folklore & Mythology
June 22,2019 )
epub |eng | 1997-06-12 | Author:Vine Deloria, Jr.
7 Creatures Their Own Size THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC FALLACY OF “OVERKILL” should have fallen of its own inconsistency decades ago, particularly in view of Arthur Jelinek’s admission that we simply ...
( Category:
Folklore & Mythology
June 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-10 | Author:Ruth Binney
IF THE SOUP IS TOO SALTY, ADD SUGAR The trick, which works especially well for tomato soup, is also effective for gravy. The addition of sugar seems to neutralize the ...
( Category:
Trivia
June 11,2019 )
epub |eng | 1977-06-06 | Author:Richard Huber
Plate 87. CHINA. 1. Dragon, from a bronze mirror case, late Chou Dynasty. 2. Dragons, from a bronze vessel, Shang Dynasty. 3. Demon mask, tile end, Warring States Period. 4. ...
( Category:
Mythology
June 7,2019 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2013-11-07 | Author:Jesse L. Byock [Byock, Jesse L.]
18. All that were carved on these Were scraped off And mixed with the holy mead75 And sent on widespread ways. They are with elves, Some with the Æsir And ...
( Category:
Medieval
June 7,2019 )
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