Folklore & Mythology
azw3 |eng | 2009-07-28 | Author:Bonwick, James [Bonwick, James]
SERPENT FAITH. No country in Europe is so associated with the Serpent as Ireland, and none has so many myths and legends connected with the same. As that creature has ...
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Druidism
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-06-22 | Author:Hans-Peter Ph.D., Hasenfratz
5 The Powers The religious human being finds himself or herself confronted with a multitude of powers, which are often experienced as individual entities embodied in a particular form. These ...
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Paganism
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Ellis, Peter Berresford [Ellis, Peter Berresford]
Wales (Cymru) Wales: Preface This selection of Welsh myths and legends starts with the story of Bran and Branwen, the children of Llyr. This appears in the Second Branch of ...
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Folklore & Mythology
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 ...
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Medieval
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-12-17 | Author:Campbell, John Gregorson [Campbell, John Gregorson]
HORSES AND DOGS These animals were deemed to have the gift of seeing spectres in a larger measure than the best seers. They are observed to be frightened, or to ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-06-05 | Author:Mitchell, Stephen A. [Mitchell, Stephen A.]
Epilogue The Medieval Legacy The preceding chapters have in different ways all addressed a single, central issue: What happened in Catholic Scandinavia as Christian ideology, with its own developing views ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2016-10-19 | Author:Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund [Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund]
Another history We’re familiar with images of the Norse sailing chilly northern seas under slate-grey skies, exploring wide, open waters, foreign countries, and empty lands. We read thundering missives penned ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-04-28 | Author:Hedeager, Lotte [Hedeager, Lotte]
Gold in the Old Norse sources In Volsunga Saga, treasures of gold generate the greed that constitutes the main story line. In Old Norse sources, gold and gold treasures regularly ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-02-20 | Author:Wyatt, Isabel [Wyatt, Isabel]
The Dream of King Alfdan An Old Norse Hero Tale 1. How Haki Was Made a Wolf’s Head King Sigurd the Hart was king of Ringrik in Norway. At the ...
( Category:
Dragons
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-03-19 | Author:McCullough, Joseph A. [McCullough, Joseph A.]
Saint George and the Dragon by Raphael. Emperor Diocletian’s man Galerius, enraged at the failure of his torturers, instead turned to dark magic, and sent a magician named Athanasius to ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-01-19 | Author:Mersey, Daniel [Mersey, Daniel]
GAWAIN AND THE LOATHLY LADY Deep in the wild forests far north of Camelot, Arthur had outpaced his hounds and fellow huntsmen. But as he stood over the carcass of ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-01 | Author:William G. Davey
In the second part we hear of a conversation between Frigg and Odin where they are talking of the fortunes of their two foster sons, Agnar and Geirroeth; Agnar lives ...
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Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-12-02 | Author:Sturluson, Snorri [Sturluson, Snorri]
They who broke the peace Oft offered gold to buy themselves From punishment. But the great- minded Ruler took no fines thereof. The heads of these men he bade Be ...
( Category:
European
June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2011-07-14 | Author:Oslund, Karen [Oslund, Karen]
Language politics also played a major role in Norway after its separation from Denmark and incorporation into the Swedish state in 1814 with the Treaty of Kiel. After centuries of ...
( Category:
Conservation
June 6,2019 )
mobi |eng | 2003-03-17 | Author:Gregory, Lady [Gregory, Lady]
Part II Book III: The Great Fight THEN the King of the World came to the strand, and all his armies with him; and all that were left of the ...
( Category:
Folklore & Mythology
June 6,2019 )
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