Arthurian Literature Much of the poem is an excuse to catalog names, both from Arthurian lore, like Cei, Amazon UK catalog page for Arthur in Medieval Welsh literature . http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/bibs/arthbib.html
Extractions: (with a Celtic bias) Last updated 2/3/2005 Arthurian literature is at least as much a specialized area as Celtic literature is, so I shall arbitrarily ignore about 98 % of the enormous amount of material on things Arthurian. Here then, is a brief and very opinionated introduction to the central texts in a discussion of Celtic Arthurian literature. Following the introduction is a brief annotated bibliography listing a few of the primary sources, that is the Arthurian texts themselves (usually in translation). Next is a list of some introductory resources, and finally, a few secondary critical analyses with a Celtic bent. Don't overlook the many excellent Arthurian web sites , and in particular do visit the Arthurian Literature Basic Reading List created by Judy Shoaf, the Arthurnet list moderator, with suggestions from various Arthurnet list members, and most especially Tom Green's Arthurian Resources site. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, there was a strong current in Arthurian scholarship that seemed to find a Celtic source for every conceivable element and aspect of the Arthurian mythos. Though there are still proponents of Celtic origin theories, they are much less unilateral in their approach. The problem is that there are huge gaps in our knowlege, and in the extant manuscripts, making supporting evidence for Celtic origin and influence theories hard to come by. We have the same problems of missing manuscripts in most of the other areas of Arthurian scholarship. Generally, current scholars tend to agree that the Celtic materials, especially in Welsh, are important analogues, and may provide a guide to the way the Arthurian legends were transmitted. You should be sure to check the entries for Welsh Arthurian literature in Rachel Bromwich's "
S.A.F.F. Homepage: We Expose The Truths Behind Media Spin Books and literature offered or mentioned in this website are available solely from preservation of, lore and legend, foklore, sacred anthropology, http://www.saff.ukhq.co.uk/homepage.htm
Extractions: WE EXPOSE THE TRUTH BEHIND MEDIA-SPIN ROGER COOK'S VICTIM GETS HIS OWN BACK: Chris Bray doorsteps The Master Doorstepper FUNDIES TAKE OVER TV. : Now your lifestyle will never be understood because it will never be seen. NEWCASTLE NURSERY CRIMES FIASCO AVOIDABLE S.A.F.F. warnings come true. Read how the McMartin pre-school witchunt scenario came to pass in the U.K. in 2002 .
Extractions: Storytelling The Life of Pi is a best-selling, prize-winning novel about a sixteen-year-old Indian boy shipwrecked for 227 days in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. In an interview, the author, Yann Martel, said: The theme of the novel can be summarized: Life is a story. You can choose your story. In The Power of the Tale , a new book on storytelling in organizations, the authors claim that stories work their "magic" because their structure is lifelike: they "unfold as our lives unfold." Both statements point to a reason why storytelling has become one of the most important business trends of the last few years, a trend that will lead both marketing and advertising in new-and radical-directions. Of course, stories have always been a central part of culture-transmitted orally, codified in myths and legends, gaining huge audiences in films, novels, movies, and television. But until recently they have not been the subject of business books or articles in the Harvard Business Review The past few years, however, have seen the emergence not only of books and articles, but also of college courses, trainers, and web sites on the value of storytelling for business. The 2003 publication of
New Albion Press Presents Myths And Legends Of Japan The legends are grouped by type (Animals, Trees, Insects, etc.) including anumber of categories unique to Japanese lore, such as Bells, Mount Fuji, http://www.scorpiusdigital.com/newalbionpress/bookpages/mlj.html
Extractions: Or from one of these other fine eBook retailers: eBookMall SwotBooks (U.K.) WHSmith (U.K.) Yahoo! ... Numilog (Fr.) Return to NAP Titles The Legends of Japan L avishly illustrated and highly accessible, this incredible resource offers the stories, beliefs, and even poetry of Japan in a higly-organized format. The legends are grouped by type (Animals, Trees, Insects, etc.) - including a number of categories unique to Japanese lore, such as Bells, Mount Fuji, and Fox Legends. Creation myths are interspersed with tales of heroes such as Yoritomo, Hidesato, and Yoshitune and the Taira. It also includes a list of festivals, ghosts, and Japanese superstitions. Myths and Legends of Japan covers both the broad scope and exquisite details of Japanese storytelling. Includes 32 full-color illustrations, extensive pop-up footnotes, a glossary, a genealogy of the Japanese gods, and a bibliography of sources. This New Albion Press edition can be annotated, searched, and highlighted by the reader.
MSN Encarta - Search View - Irish Literature They continue through Brian Bórú, a prince who united the province of Munster Its intention was to find the sources for a new Irish literature in the http://encarta.msn.com/text_761566508__1/Irish_Literature.html
Extractions: The search seeks the exact word or phrase that you type, so if you donât find your choice, try searching for a key word in your topic or recheck the spelling of a word or name. Irish Literature I. Introduction Irish Literature , the oral and written literature of the people of Ireland, an island that today comprises the independent Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is politically part of the United Kingdom. In recent years the definition of Irish literature has been broadened to encompass literature produced by Irish writers living outside Ireland and writers of Irish descent whose work reflects the Irish or Irish emigrant experience. Irish literature is composed in the Irish and the English languages. Irish, also known as Gaelic, is the traditional tongue of Ireland. The oldest Irish literature consists of stories and poems about ancient kings and heroes, which were transmitted orally in Irish. Written literature in Ireland begins after Christian missionaries arrived in the 5th century ad and introduced the Roman alphabet, which was then adapted to the Irish language. Christianity coexisted with traditional Irish ways, rather than supplanting them, and has continued to do so to the present day. Both traditions figure strongly in Irish literature.
Foamy Custard: Contemporary Lore And Legend This article is restricted to considering contemporary lore , both written BARNES, Daniel R., 1991, The contemporary legend in literature towards an http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/foamycustard/fc010.htm
Extractions: The Myths of Reality Based on a chapter in Explore Folklore While on the one hand the phrase 'contemporary folklore' might seem almost tautological to American folklorists, whose studies of folklore almost entirely look at contemporary lore, the same phrase strikes many British ears as decidedly odd because the British idea of 'folklore' is popularly linked to an imagined lost rural idyll. Tales of people who had one of their kidneys stolen while on holiday indeed seem at odds with, say, eighteenth century ballad texts about maids in the heather meeting gallant gentlemen on fine white steeds. This article is restricted to considering contemporary 'lore', both written and aural (elsewhere in Explore Folklore I look at contemporary folk song, dance and customs). The 'folk' of contemporary folklore are: Dundes 1980 every place of work has its own traditions and lore. In the same way, every leisure-time pursuit acquires its customs, traditions and other traits that bond members of that group together, whether they are anglers, surfers, golfers, bridge players, mountain bikers, members of an evening class, or just 'regulars' at a local pub.
E. L. Easton - English - Children´s Literature Children´s literature MYTH LEGEND ^. Bulfinch´s Mythology Bob FisherFolklore Mythology DL Ashliman Myths legends Christopher B. Siren http://eleaston.com/lit-child.html
The Anglo-Saxons It is clear from Germanic law and legend that wives retained possession of their own in the united kingdom this year, and also of national importance. http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Medieval_Studies/anglos.html
Extractions: According to the Venerable Bede, the first significant body of Germanic settlers in England had been hired as mercenaries by the British Prince Vortigern during fifth-century struggles for power among British Celts that broke out when Roman colonial troops were withdrawn. After a falling-out with their employer, these Germanic warriors seized British territory in the south of England for themselves and brought their families over the English Channel to settle it. Archaeological evidence also reveals a gradual infiltration of Germanic peoples into England along the rivers of east central England, then a low-lying bayou country that would have been impossible to police. Bede tells us that the Germanic settlers came from Anglian and Saxon regions of continental Europe, within the modern territories of Holland, Southern Denmark, and Western Germany. The settlers brought with them, in their heads, an extensive body of lore encoded in alliterative verse, including versified laws as well as historical and legendary narratives. Some of the settlers could use a runic alphabet to carve brief messages, mostly on wooden sticks, but writing was not used for Old English historical or literary material until the conversion to Christianity, when manuscript technology entered from Rome and Ireland.
Arthurian Literature The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh literature (Cardiff 1991) pp.7395 at for example the possible survival of pagan tree-lore (John B. Coe and Simon http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tomgreen/arthlit.htm
Extractions: Arthurian Homepage Myrddin Arthurian Sites Historicity of Arthur ... Arthurian Characters Arthurian Literature This page is intended to provide a brief guide to the manuscripts and the literature within them concerning Arthur - the main focus of this guide will be on the 'Welsh' Arthur and readers wishing to know about other Arthurian literature are referred to the links listed elsewhere and the excellent Camelot Project at the University of Rochester . Parallel texts and translations of much of the early literature are readily available in John B. Coe and Simon Young The Celtic Sources for the Arthurian Legend (Llanerch 1995). The Nature of Arthur When considering the literature it is important to understand the nature of the Arthur that appears here. The Arthur of (pre-Galfridian) literature was "above all else...a defender of his country against every kind of danger, both internal and external: a slayer of giants and witches, a hunter of monstrous animals - giant boars, a savage cat monster, a winged serpent (or dragon) - and also, as it appears from Culhwch and Preiddeu Annwn , a releaser of prisoners. This concept [of Arthur] is substantiated from all the early sources: the poems
GENUKI: Orkney literature, industry, architecture, geography, customs, and folklore of theislands Includes 11 tales of lore and legend. The Folklore of Orkney and http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/OKI/
Extractions: Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1AG Be sure to include return postage or international reply coupons when writing to the Archives, or to any other agency for that matter. FAMILIA (Family History Resources in Public Libraries in Britain and Ireland), has a web page devoted to Orkney. Return to top of Page The following are "popular" books and guides on Orkney which are currently "in print". Each addresses the local prehistory, history, topography and customs, and include at least one map. The Orkney Book edited by Donald Omand: 306pp: Published by Birlinn in 2003.
TimePaths - Interviews With Kurt R.A. Giambastiani popular science fiction and fantasy website based in the united kingdom. VH Have you a particular interest in Native American legend and folklore? http://www.sff.net/people/giambastiani/Writings/Interviews.htm
Extractions: by Vegar Holmen The Cheyenne used to live on the fertile prairie and wooden hills along the banks of the Missouri and Tongue River. The area was full of wild game, including buffalo that came to feed on the lush grass of the area. During the winter months, the set up camp in sheltered areas near a water source while the rest of the year they were nomadic, following the buffalo herds. The buffalo were critical to the Cheyenne, apart from food it was a source for clothes, tepee covers and tools. The Gold Rush brought numerous miners, white settlers and soldiers to their territory. The Cheyenne resisted the attempt of the white man to take their land, and the army was sent in and a war over the land ensued. Once chief Black Kettle surrendered under a flag of truce at Sand Creek but the soldiers slaughtered more than two hundred Cheyenne. This started what is known as the Sioux Wars and a decade of retaliatory attacks against the white settlers. This is the history of what North America could have been like if those historical facts had changed, and this is what Kurt R.A. Giambastiani has to say about his creation:
Briefly Noted The kingdom of Matthias. By Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz. On the Legendsand lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice The http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9410/reviews/briefly.html
Extractions: LU-Announce First Things 46 (October 1994): 68-72. Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad . By Michael Walzer. University of Notre Dame Press. 105 pp. $16.95. The author of Spheres of Justice and The Company of Critics - Russell Hittinger The Kingdom of Matthias . By Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz. Oxford University Press. 223 pp. $25. Kingdom of Matthias is a pleasantly readable tale of a minor spasm of fanaticism at the farthest margins of the American religious experience. - Janet Marsden God's Plagiarist: Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbe Migne . By R. Howard Bloch. University of Chicago Press. 152 pp. $24.95. - Edward T. Oakes, S.J
SIS Catastrophism & Chronology Links collection of digests of scientific anomalies in the current literature. The Sunken kingdom, The Atlantis Mystery Solved. A book by Peter James. http://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/resource.htm
Extractions: Internet Digest ... Message forum Web links How to Join var site="s17sistudies" SIS Resources Page Links to other Web sites Neo-catastrophism and Mass Extinctions Evolution and the Origins of Life The Dangers of Near Earth Objects (NEOs), and Spaceguard Catastrophism and Velikovsky Challenging views of Catastrophism Electricity in Astronomy Tunguska 1908, Brazil 1930, Chicago 1871 Archaeoastronomy and archaeology Mythology and Ancient History Journals 1. Neo-catastrophism and Mass Extinctions Phil Burn's Catatrophism Web site , and extensive catastrophism bibliography. Chicxulub Impact Crater Provides Clues to Earth's History by Virgil L. Sharpton, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas Dinosaur Volcano-Greenhouse Extinction Theory by Dewey M. McLean Dinosaurs, Comets, and Asteroid Resources Disaster from space Extinction pages The Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Mesozoic Era Electronic PictureBook The K-T Event Mass Extinctions and Dinosaur Extinctions T - Rex, and the Death Star
OT PSEUD Annotated Basic Bibliography, 2002 Reeves, John C. _Jewish lore in Manichaean Cosmogony Studies in the Book ofGiants Traditions_. Also see above, 1.02 on 1 Enoch and related literature http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/otpseud_bibliog_02.html
Extractions: 7.0 The Apocryphon of Ezekiel/4QPseudo-Ezekiel Kraft, Robert A. "The Pseudepigrapha in Christianity." Required reading for anyone who wants to work seriously with the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha "The Pseudepigrapha and Christianity Revisited: Setting the Stage and Framing Some Central Questions." Sch Larson, Erik W. "The Translation of Enoch: from Aramaic into Greek." Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1995.
BUBL LINK: Mythology Includes information on Camelot and Arthurian legend, Greek mythology, Broader topics covered include Christmas, business, and wedding lore. http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/mythology.htm
Extractions: BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources Home Search Subject Menus Countries ... Z Titles Descriptions Ancient World Web Astrology UK Bad Science Classics Collections ... World Lecture Hall Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk Extensive compendium of Internet resources about the Ancient World between 700 and 1000 AD. Includes a master index, and listings by themes including Alternative Theories, Daily Life, and Law and Philosophy. Resource type: index An attempt to make teachers and students aware of the examples of the bad science often taught in schools and universities, and offered in popular articles and textbooks. Includes an explanation of what is meant by bad science and pointers to specialised pages on bad science in disciplines such as astronomy, chemistry and meteorology.
Legends Terrace legends Good Read, but some crap questions After reading Pennants the greatest works of literaturefrom Cervantes s Don Quixote to Tennyson s http://www.growinglifestyle.com.au/au/j16563
At The Edge Archive: Black Dogs Mythology Guardian hounds occur widely in shamanic Otherworldly lore. A very degradedversion of the legend survives in an Albanian fairy tale (it would be too http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/bdogs.htm
Extractions: by Bob Trubshaw This book looks back at the days of At the Edge and other 'Earth Mysteries' 'zines and provides detailed discussions of many of the topics outlined here. More about Sacred Places NEW June 2005: Explore Phantom Black Dogs More details on Heart of Albion Web site If you like the content of
MedHist: UK's Gateway To Resources For The History Of Medicine The centre offers integrated modules for English literature and English Language and A fascinating site mixing legend, folklore and alernative medicine. http://medhist.ac.uk/text/browse/mesh/detail/D005495.html
Extractions: high graphics home search browse about ... Folklore Aberdeen Bestiary The Aberdeen Bestiary Web site is part of the digital resource portfolio of Aberdeen University. The original manuscript was produced in England circa 1200, and is considered a prime example of its genre. Its sources, as for all bestiaries, are eclectic, but it derives principally from the Greek text Physiologus Pictorial Works [Publication Type] History, Medieval Greek World Folklore ... American Folklore Society The American Folklore Society is a professional association of people whose aim is to disseminate knowledge about folklore throughout the world. The society is responsible for publishing the quarterly Journal of American Folklore , which "publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide audience", and tables of contents are available from Spring 2000 on this site. The site also holds details of the society's many award schemes, interest-group sections, annual meetings, and national and international folklore projects. United States Societies Folklore Apotropaios ... Country cures The Home page of the 'Country Cures' exhibition at the Natural History Museum. The online exhibition is an interactive project aiming to gather information about the use of plants within traditional medicine. The exhibition can be browsed by plant or ailment while users are invited to suggest their own remedies. The plant sections includes a brief description as well an image and photograph. The site also provides a small selection of links to external Web sites.
2012 Books Debunking the 2012 Urban Legend; using Synchronicities to discover ones lifesmission Steve Alten taps Mayan mythology and Old Testament lore in his http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/books.htm
Extractions: 2012 Books Non-Fiction Online Non-Fiction Fiction Online Fiction ... Other Languages Click on the book covers for more information New: some titles now available from Amazon.co.uk COMING SOON (Mid-July 2005) BEYOND 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy - A Complete Guide to End-Of-Time Predictions by Geoff Stray With an extensive foreword by John Major Jenkins The long-awaited hardcopy version of the Diagnosis2012 ( 2012: Dire Gnosis ) website is in the pipeline! Re-arranged, updated, fully referenced, with hundreds of illustrations and some colour plates, plus a foreword by John Major Jenkins, this will be a chunky volume that will also contain material that is not on the website. Click here for more info Mayan Cycleology: The Secret of the Ages and the Key to Survival in Time by Larry Tyler Out of Print This book was written in 1986 and published in 1987 - the same time as Arguelles' The Mayan Factor . It also announced the forthcoming Return of Quetzalcoatl on 16th August 1987, as miscalculated by Tony Shearer and repeated by Jose Arguelles. The book follows the error of Frank Waters, ' book, Mexico Mystique (see below) and places the end of the 13-baktun cycle on 24th December 2011. As covered elsewhere on this site, this was an error that originated with Michael Coe's earlier editions of
