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Butterflies and Bees: The Insect Folk. Volume II

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Mike and Chris Ward of Colorado's Social Science Data Lab have an Egyptian Gods Description page because of their computer naming scheme. The Irish hero who’d become so furious in battle he wouldn’t know friend from foe, but could fight whole armies? The Tale starts with an introduction of how Cinderella’s Mother is dying and on her death bed she tells Cinderella to be good and pious. He speaks all languages and has the power to remove obstacles and provide opportunities. While legends are considered true and either sacred or secular ("It happened to someone my friend knows"; the original usage of legend was explicitly religious, the legenda, reading, of the story of a saint on that particular saint's feast), folktales are considered fictional and secular ("Once upon a time...").

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Mike and Chris Ward of Colorado's Social Science Data Lab have an Egyptian Gods Description page because of their computer naming scheme. The Irish hero who’d become so furious in battle he wouldn’t know friend from foe, but could fight whole armies? The Tale starts with an introduction of how Cinderella’s Mother is dying and on her death bed she tells Cinderella to be good and pious. He speaks all languages and has the power to remove obstacles and provide opportunities. While legends are considered true and either sacred or secular ("It happened to someone my friend knows"; the original usage of legend was explicitly religious, the legenda, reading, of the story of a saint on that particular saint's feast), folktales are considered fictional and secular ("Once upon a time...").

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Devi: The Great Goddess

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There are plenty of other resources there to explore. The origin of Venezuela�s musical instruments can be traced back to the indigenous, Europeans and African cultures. An aged resident of the locality gives this version: Following the placement of their strangely found stone these two men dreamed of Kaneaukai as a god in some far-distant land, to whom they petitioned that he would crown their labors with success by granting them a plentiful supply of fish.

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There are plenty of other resources there to explore. The origin of Venezuela�s musical instruments can be traced back to the indigenous, Europeans and African cultures. An aged resident of the locality gives this version: Following the placement of their strangely found stone these two men dreamed of Kaneaukai as a god in some far-distant land, to whom they petitioned that he would crown their labors with success by granting them a plentiful supply of fish.

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Tales and Traditions of the Lews

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Donald Macdonald

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Once more the poor man shouldered his pig, wended his way up the long ascent of the hills of Kalae to the pali of Kalaupapa, descending which he presented himself before Kahiwakaapuu, and pleaded his cause. Art Num�rica is not limited to realistic art but also offers limitless horizons for everything from cartoons to absttactions. Note that since many children use this site, we have tried to avoid linking to any Native American legends or stories which deal explicitly with sex or contain bad language, including slur words for Native Americans.

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Once more the poor man shouldered his pig, wended his way up the long ascent of the hills of Kalae to the pali of Kalaupapa, descending which he presented himself before Kahiwakaapuu, and pleaded his cause. Art Num�rica is not limited to realistic art but also offers limitless horizons for everything from cartoons to absttactions. Note that since many children use this site, we have tried to avoid linking to any Native American legends or stories which deal explicitly with sex or contain bad language, including slur words for Native Americans.

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Eskimos and Explorers (Second Edition)

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Wendell H. Oswalt

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They took small sips of water every hour or so to relieve the dryness of their throats and to shift about to keep from being buried completely under the sand. At one time Aiai went over to the bay of Wananalua, the present port of Hana, with its noted hill of Kauiki and the sandy beach of Pueokahi. Ahuula: A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak. His heart feels a fresh bound; he feels neither strain of limb nor scantness of breath, and, searching as he runs, he descries before him in the plain the deceitful sire alone. �Opunui,� he cries, �give me Kaala, or thy life!� The stout, gray kanaka looks to see the face of flame and the outstretched arms, and stops not to try the strength of his own limbs, or to stay for any parley, but flies across the valley, along the very path by which the fierce lover came; and with fear to spur him on, he keeps well before his well blown foe.

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They took small sips of water every hour or so to relieve the dryness of their throats and to shift about to keep from being buried completely under the sand. At one time Aiai went over to the bay of Wananalua, the present port of Hana, with its noted hill of Kauiki and the sandy beach of Pueokahi. Ahuula: A Legend of Kanikaniaula and the First Feather Cloak. His heart feels a fresh bound; he feels neither strain of limb nor scantness of breath, and, searching as he runs, he descries before him in the plain the deceitful sire alone. �Opunui,� he cries, �give me Kaala, or thy life!� The stout, gray kanaka looks to see the face of flame and the outstretched arms, and stops not to try the strength of his own limbs, or to stay for any parley, but flies across the valley, along the very path by which the fierce lover came; and with fear to spur him on, he keeps well before his well blown foe.

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More Black Country Humour, Tales and Verse

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Summer came, the water sank, and the canoes grounded. Maui would position his boat so that when one of his brothers began to pull in a fish, he would distract them so that he could pull his line across theirs stealing their fish. Tales of type 173 (828), plus a Talmudic treatise and a Shakespeare monologue. Also called trailing arbutus, the Latin name means, literally, “to creep upon the earth”. In general, if your tap water smells and tastes good it will probably work well with sourdough.

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Summer came, the water sank, and the canoes grounded. Maui would position his boat so that when one of his brothers began to pull in a fish, he would distract them so that he could pull his line across theirs stealing their fish. Tales of type 173 (828), plus a Talmudic treatise and a Shakespeare monologue. Also called trailing arbutus, the Latin name means, literally, “to creep upon the earth”. In general, if your tap water smells and tastes good it will probably work well with sourdough.

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Mystery Big Cats of Dorset

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Chris Moiser

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Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery. In Greek myth Arachne was a mortal woman who defeated Athena in a weaving contest. Echo was a beautiful nymph, fond of the woods and hills, where she devoted herself to woodland sports. In his Die Traumdeutung (1899; The Interpretation of Dreams) he posited a phenomenon called the Oedipus complex, that is, the male child's repressed desire for his mother and a corresponding wish to supplant his father. (The equivalent for girls was the Electra complex.) According to Freud, this phenomenon was detectable in dreams and myths, fairy tales, folktales--even jokes.

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Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery. In Greek myth Arachne was a mortal woman who defeated Athena in a weaving contest. Echo was a beautiful nymph, fond of the woods and hills, where she devoted herself to woodland sports. In his Die Traumdeutung (1899; The Interpretation of Dreams) he posited a phenomenon called the Oedipus complex, that is, the male child's repressed desire for his mother and a corresponding wish to supplant his father. (The equivalent for girls was the Electra complex.) According to Freud, this phenomenon was detectable in dreams and myths, fairy tales, folktales--even jokes.

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Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest

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Katharine Berry Judson

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Each storyteller told the stories in their own way, but whatever power and personality a god had was consistent from story to story. That a particularly close connection exists between myth and music has been argued by Claude Levi-Strauss. In reviewing this page, I'd like to say that you shouldn't be turned off the site by its appearance: It's not a pretty portion of the University of Pittsburgh website, but I think if you're interested in good content and scholarly work, you'll get a lot out of the Grimm Brothers' Home Page.

Katharine Berry Judson

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Each storyteller told the stories in their own way, but whatever power and personality a god had was consistent from story to story. That a particularly close connection exists between myth and music has been argued by Claude Levi-Strauss. In reviewing this page, I'd like to say that you shouldn't be turned off the site by its appearance: It's not a pretty portion of the University of Pittsburgh website, but I think if you're interested in good content and scholarly work, you'll get a lot out of the Grimm Brothers' Home Page.

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Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest (American

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Margaret Read MacDonald

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Please visit these sites for many new ideas. Sinnoh Folk Tales (Japanese: シンオウ むかしばなし Sinnoh Folklore) is a book of three folk stories. As the woman came closer, they could see that her buckskin was wonderfully decorated with sacred designs in rainbow-coloured porcupine quills. At this the sad and silent child looked up into the face of her grim and sullen sire and said: �O father, [166]we shall not find mother on this path, but we shall lose our way and come to the sea once more.� �And thy mother is by the sea, by the bay of Kaumalapau.

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Please visit these sites for many new ideas. Sinnoh Folk Tales (Japanese: シンオウ むかしばなし Sinnoh Folklore) is a book of three folk stories. As the woman came closer, they could see that her buckskin was wonderfully decorated with sacred designs in rainbow-coloured porcupine quills. At this the sad and silent child looked up into the face of her grim and sullen sire and said: �O father, [166]we shall not find mother on this path, but we shall lose our way and come to the sea once more.� �And thy mother is by the sea, by the bay of Kaumalapau.

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A STORY- A STORY. An African Tale Retold and illustrated by

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Then had not Cinyras my father been, What hinder'd Myrrha's hopes to be his queen? In Celtic legend Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. His tears became oceans, streams, and lakes. As with pretty much all majors, going to grad school increases your chances of getting a good job. She was his first wife - and she could ride almost as good as Bill himself... Many of the Greek myths envelop all or most of these traditions.

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Then had not Cinyras my father been, What hinder'd Myrrha's hopes to be his queen? In Celtic legend Tristan was sent to Ireland in order to fetch Isolde, who was to be the bride of King Mark of Cornwall. His tears became oceans, streams, and lakes. As with pretty much all majors, going to grad school increases your chances of getting a good job. She was his first wife - and she could ride almost as good as Bill himself... Many of the Greek myths envelop all or most of these traditions.

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Amulets and Superstitions

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And they lead back to Arceus, the Pokémon that made them arise. And the water in the calabash had disappeared. Pelican came by in his canoe and went to help them. Here he met his sister, Koai, but had only time to say, �Aloha oe!� (Alas for you!) and then ran on to the shore. Of course I had to look her up and learn more about her. I am going now, but I will look on your people in every age, and at the end I will return.’ She now walked slowly around the lodge in a sunwise direction.

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And they lead back to Arceus, the Pokémon that made them arise. And the water in the calabash had disappeared. Pelican came by in his canoe and went to help them. Here he met his sister, Koai, but had only time to say, �Aloha oe!� (Alas for you!) and then ran on to the shore. Of course I had to look her up and learn more about her. I am going now, but I will look on your people in every age, and at the end I will return.’ She now walked slowly around the lodge in a sunwise direction.

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