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... PSA2004, 2004. 14. Wiithrich, C. To quantize or not to quantize: fact and folklore in quantum gravity. Proc. Phil. of Sci. Assoc., 19th Biennial Meet...

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...associated with the immune system. Reportedly, the idea was derived from Zulu folklore, in which banana peels have been used for a variety of skin a...

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...al Travel and the Past Lives Scam Pg 1777 The Undead in Myths and Legend and Folklore and Books Pg 1777 The Secret Existence of the Undead Pg 1780... ... based upon some central-common historical-cultural background of myth-legend-folklore-religion: they came to repeat the same names over and over. ... ... instead of the truth. Fictional Knights and fictional Kings replaced actual folklore and actual events. Europeans came to be raised on a diet of c... ...ld of the devil… the incarnation of pure evil? How do myths, fairytales and folklore describe evil sorcerers and witches? When they are physical... ... is linked to physical cleanliness and purity. The Undead in Myth, Legend, Folklore and Books Vampire, ghouls, evil gnomes, brownies, evil spir...

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...ymous with cruelty. Now, noted historian David Oshinsky gives us the true story of the notorious prison, drawing on police records, prison documents, folklore, blues songs, and oral history, from the days of cotton-field chain gangs to the 1960s, when Parchman was used to break the wills of civil rights workers who journeyed south on Freedom Rides....

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... of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as well as Japanese sermons and non-fiction pieces on special ceremonies in Japanese life, such as marriage and harakiri, as observed by Lord Redesdale. The best know story of these is The Forty-seven Ronins a true ...

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... the Dauntless is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott. Written in 1817, it weaves together elements of popular English legends and folklore using dramatic themes. The poem recounts the exploits and the personal spiritual journey of a doubtful knight errant - Harold the son of Danish Count Witikind: who seeks to recover his lands and wed a suitable spouse...

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...blic schools. She devoted three years to Nature study and to familiarizing herself with animal and bird life. She has sought out hitherto unpublished folklore and legends of the different provinces. These she has ingeniously woven into her story. (From translator Velma Swanston Howard's introduction.) (Summary by Lars Rolander and Wikipedia]...

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...Preface: The following translation was undertaken from a desire to lay before the English-speaking people the full treasury of epical beauty, folklore, and mythology comprised in The Kalevala, the national epic of the Finns. A brief description of this peculiar people, and of their ethical, linguistic, social, and religious life, seems to be called for here in orde...

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...lay before the English speaking people the full treasury of epical beauty, folklore, and mythology comprised in The Kalevala, the national epic of the...

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...ion 11 In the Spirit: Shinto and Animism Pick A Topic 13 Odes to Sexuality: Erotic Literature 15 Cowboys & Indians: False Histories of American Folklore 16 Scents of Decadence: Perfume and the Decadence Movement 17 Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls ‘o Fire! 19 In Focus: Ansel Adams 20 Author Spotlight...

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...The tragic story of the Burke and Wills expedition is now part of Australian folklore and we know the sad irony that by the time that the relief parties set out, only one member of Burke’s party, John King, was still alive. But in 1861, with none of the rapid means of communication we now enjoy, all t...

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...n by Robert F. Spiller. Introductory Note: The “Lake Gun,” though based on folklore about Seneca Lake in Central New York State (the “Wandering Jew” a...

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...y the pageantry of courtly chivalry, but also traits of an- cient Germanic folklore and probably of Teutonic mythol- ogy. One of its earliest critics ... ...er, the story reached the North, it became part and parcel of Skandinavian folklore, only certain names still pointing to the original home of the leg...

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...n counties—where, she assured them, they would meet the genuine England of folklore and song. Rocketts they found after some hours, four miles from a ...

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...m of Charlemagne or Dante, qualified by a great deal of modern science and folklore which Father Dempsey would call the ravings of an Atheist. Well, m...

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...re almost grown over now, and no one comes to the tree.” “I should. I love folklore and all festering super- stitions.” “Do you think that the tree re... ...e- shoes on the lower branches. Why has not England a great mythology? our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies abo...