"Right Makes Might"

Proverbs and the American Worldview

by Wolfgang Mieder

<p>In 1860 Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb, Right makes might, (opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right) in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech ...

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1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described

Adapted to Private Schools, High Schools

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

<p>This Handy Dictionary of Mythology is intended to supply the everyday reader with concise accounts of the gods and goddesses of the ancients in an acces sible form.</p> ...

ISBN: 9780243617975

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1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

<p>To the Greeks and Romans, there was a time more remote than history gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water, and when the earth and all things within and upon it were “without form and void.” Over that misty, nebulous ...

ISBN: 9788827553763

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5 Tales of India

Folktales, Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends of India and Pakistan

by Aaron Shepard

<p>Traditional tales are retold by a master storyteller in this collection of folktales, myths, and legends from India and Pakistan. The stories are: </p> <p>THE GIFTS OF THE GRASSCUTTER </p> <p>Wali Dad, a humble grasscutter, never asked for ...

ISBN: 9781508047926

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A Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English

by Edith Fowke & Carole Henderson-Carpenter

<p>This book is the only comprehensive bibliography of Canadian folklore in English. The 3877 different items are arranged by genres: folktales; folk music and dance; folk speech and naming; superstitions, popular beliefs, folk medicine, and the

ISBN: 9781487597177

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A Companion to the Iliad

For English Readers

by Walter Leaf

<p>Obser ver. Miss Harrison is an indefatigable worker, and her volume is a monument of laborious and wary investigation. Her essay on Athenian local cults is perhaps her most valuable contribution to the general science of mythology. It is the ...

ISBN: 9780243846344

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A Fistful of Icons

Essays on Frontier Fixtures of the American Western

by Sue Matheson

<p>? After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, ...

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A Glossary of Greek Birds

by D'arcy Wentworth Thompson

<p>This book contains materials for research in greater measure than it presents the results of it; and, accordingly, it is not my purpose to preface it with an extended summary of the many wide generalizations to which the assemblage of fact ...

ISBN: 9780243672004

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A Hand-Book of Mythology

The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

by E. M. Berens

<p>In the preparation of this series the authors have had one object clearly in view - to so develop the study of the English language as to present a complete, progressive course, from the Spelling-Book to the study of English Literature. The ...

ISBN: 9780259611622

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A Handbook of Norse Mythology

by Karl Andreas Mortensen

<p><em>A Handbook of Norse Mythology</em> by Karl Andreas Mortensen is a compendium of Norse myth and mystery. This volume explores how Norse myths have been presented historically. The author also explores how these myths have taken shape in ...

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A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations

by Cheryl H. White, PhD & W. Ryan Smith, MA

<p><strong>Stories of ghosts and strange happenings at these historic Southern homes—with photos included.</strong><br />  <br /> Louisiana plantations evoke images of grandeur and elegance, but beyond the facade of stately homes are stories ...

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A Literary History of Ireland

From Earliest Times to the Present Day

by Douglas Hyde

<p>My object in this volume has been to give a general view of the literature produced by the Irish-speaking Irish, and to reproduce by copious examples some of its more salient, or at least more characteristic features.</p> ...

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A Mission to Heaven

A Great Chinese Epic and Allegory

by Ch'iu Ch'ang Ch'un

<p>Chapters. I. Search for Immortality II. Monkey studies Magic III. Visits Dragons and Judges in Hell IV. Declines being a Stud Master V. Upsets the Peach Banquet VI. The Great Holy One captured VII. Imprisoned for 500 Years.</p> ...

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A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology

Wherein an Attempt Is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable, and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity

by Jacob Bryant

<p>Deus Lunns Ovatus of Heliopolis in Syria from van-a lant's Coins of the Colonies. Vol. II. P. 331. The Serpent, and Mundane Egg from the' fame author, p. 136. P. 147.</p> ...

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A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals

by Tony Kail

<p>Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was also once a hub for Hoodoo culture. Many blues icons, such as Big Memphis Ma Rainey and Sonny Boy Williamson, dabbled in the mysterious tradition. Its popularity in some African ...

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A Study of Fairy Tales

by Laura F. Kready

<p>In the classification of fairy tales the purpose has been to organize the entire field so that any tale may be studied through the type which emphasizes its distinguishing features. The source material endeav ors to furnish a comprehensive ...

ISBN: 9780243693467

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A Trojan Feast

The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch

by Joshua Cutchin

<p>YOU’VE BEEN WARNED</p> <p>Accept food from faeries, and you’ll never escape their realm, according to European folklore. Accept food from Sasquatch and you will forever be trapped in the spirit world, according to indigenous North American ...

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Adonis Attis Osiris, Volume 1

Studies in the History of Oriental Religion

by James G. Frazer

<p>These studies are an expansion of the corresponding sections in my book T fie Golden Doug/z, and they will form part of the third edition of that work, on the preparation of which I have been engaged for some time. By far the greater portion ...

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Adonis, Attis, Osiris

Studies in the History of Oriental Religions

by James George Frazer

<p>In studying afresh these three Oriental worships, akin to each other in character, I have paid more attention than formerly to the natural features of the countries in which they arose, because I am more than ever persuaded that religion, ...

ISBN: 9780243811366

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Aeneid

by Virgil

<p>The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story ...

ISBN: 1230000308995

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