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Le jeune Nolan est un adolescent jovial qui choisit de voir la vie du bon côté, même si les circonstances ne sont pas toujours favorables. Entre un beau-père qui le déteste et le harcèlement au lycée

Designed for those interested in the lore and tradition of a language, spoken until comparatively recently across much of Scotland, this is a compendium of Gaelic sayings and usage. The book includes notes, historical and social, and comparisons with sayings in different languages. Alexander Nicolson, one of the best scholars of his day, has gathered together a wide-ranging collection covering such diverse topics as women and marriage, wise men and fools, friendship and courage, and poverty and wealth. The proverbs appear in Gaelic along with the English translation, carefully preserving the pith of the original. These sayings, which as Nicolson remarks in his Preface, come from thatched cottages and not baronial and academic halls, reflect keen intelligence and a distinct sense of humour. This is a comprehensive and important collection, with a foreword by Ian MacDonald of the Gaelic Books Council.

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.

DE ONDE VIEMOS? COMO SURGIU O MUNDO?SE TUDO TEM UM FIM, O QUE É QUE TEM VALOR? Desde o princípio dos tempos, a humanidade vem respondendo a essas perguntas com histórias criativas, que já foram utilizadas pela religio, ciencia, filosofia e literatura popular.Cada cultura tem suas proprias historias, lendas e mitos que mostram como a imaginaço humana, em toda a sua diversidade, se expressa atraves dos tempos. Essas historias extraordinarias sobre deuses e herois ecoam na arte, no cinema, na musica, na dança, no teatro e na lingua que usamos diariamente.Nesta ediço especial, fomos alem e trouxemos para voce muito mais sobre os Vikings. Afinal, quem foram eles? Como eram suas vidas, em tempos to distantes? Trazemos tambem, em contrapartida, um pouco sobre a cultura popular nordica atual: quais datas comemorativas so mais importantes hoje em dia e que influencia elas tem na cultura desses paises. Nordicos Deluxe faz uma ponte entre o passado e o presente, apresentando um panorama sobre o que era e o que e considerado importante para esses povos.

Few fictional characters have proven to be as enduringly popular as the legendary Count Dracula. First published in 1897, Bram Stokers gothic masterpiece thrilled and disturbed Victorian society with its dark and compelling themes of violence, lust, cruelty and death.For many, the elegant but threatening figure of Dracula has come to epitomise the concept of the vampire. It is thought that Stoker took the name Dracula from the real-life historical figure of Vlad the Impaler, a medieval Romanian prince with a dark and sinister reputation.However, Stoker was also influenced by European literary creations such as The Vampyre, written in 1819 by John Polidori, the personal physician of Lord Byron. Polidori based his central character on the personality of the infamous poet and in doing so did much to crystalise the modern concept of the vampire as a sophisticated and sensual aristocrat.It is arguably within the medium of film, however, that the figure of Dracula has achieved its greatest fame within popular culture.In Dracula: The Origins and Influence of the Legendary Vampire Count, author Giles Morgan examines the roots of the vampire myth and the creation of Bram Stokers masterpiece of horror.

In The Myth of Hiawatha and Other Stories of the North American Indians, Henry Schoolcraft takes readers on a captivating journey through traditional tales of Native American tribes. Written in a compelling and descriptive style, the book beautifully captures the essence of these stories, bringing to life the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples. Schoolcrafts work not only provides insight into the myths and legends of the North American Indians but also sheds light on the oral tradition and storytelling practices of the tribes. The books literary context lies in its contribution to preserving and celebrating the narratives of a marginalized community. Henry Schoolcraft, an American explorer and ethnologist, was deeply fascinated by the indigenous cultures of North America. His passion for preserving the folklore of the Native American tribes drove him to compile and document these stories in The Myth of Hiawatha. Schoolcrafts background in anthropology and his firsthand experiences with Native American communities equipped him with the knowledge and sensitivity needed to accurately present their narratives. I highly recommend The Myth of Hiawatha and Other Stories of the North American Indians to readers interested in exploring the rich storytelling traditions of Native American cultures. Schoolcrafts meticulous research and respectful portrayal of these myths make this book a valuable resource for anyone seeking to learn more about the indigenous peoples of North America.

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From the author of the hugely successful book Legendary Ireland, The Turning of the Year explores the Celtic division of the year, from Samhain to Imbolc, to Bealtaine, to Lunasa, back to Samhain. It examines the significance of particular times of the year and features re-tellings of various legends associated with them. The book will look at the close connection of the Irish with the land and with nature, bringing us on an exhilarating journey through the Irish seasons and the customs that welcomed each one in turn.Along the way we encounter saints, scholars, kings and goddesses, whose stories, preserved in myth and folktale, counterpoint the books exploration both of lost traditions such as keening and how other customs and rituals have been preserved in todays celebrations and communal events. It brings to the reader a new awareness of how such ritual can still have relevance in our lives, and a deeper appreciation of the power of the natural world.

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical Otherworld voyage tales, show how deep our involvement with the ocean goes.Jo Kerrigan has discovered and retold tales from all around the Irish coast of storms, shipwrecks, pirate attacks and smuggling, as well as shipping stories, both of long distance trading and the little boats which took supplies from major harbours to smaller communities.The sea has an enduring fascination: let Jos tales and Richard Mills evocative photographs transport you to the coast to rediscover the tales gathered over the centuries by its communities.

Mike and Psmith P. G. Wodehouse - Pelham Grenville Wodehouse on born on 15th October, 1881 in Guildford, England to distinguished parents who were visiting the UK from Hong Kong where his father was a magistrate.After two years in Hong Kong Wodehouse and his two brothers were sent back to England to live and be schooled.Failing family finances meant that Wodehouse did not go on to University but began work straight away. He wrote in the evenings and during a two-year stint as a bank clerk managed to have over 80 pieces published. With the publication of his first book The Pothunters in 1902 he devoted himself full time to writing.His career was both prolific and commercially successful. Whether it was novels, short stories or plays everything seemed to be a hit.His wonderful characterisation of the English upper classes combined with his mastery of prose left a lasting legacy most notably in his series of the humorous, and sometimes hilarious, Jeeves and Wooster stories that are at the pinnacle of comic writing and continue to be widely read and enjoyed.Despite controversy over his broadcasts for the Germans during World War Two, which stemmed more from naivety than any possible Nazi sympathies, but which left a lingering stain against his name, he continued to write although with diminishing success.P G Wodehouse died on 14th February 1975 in the United States.n Evelyn Waughs book _Decline and Fall_ his legend, applying for a post as a schoolmaster, is told by the specialist, "We class schools in four grades-driving school, top notch school, great school, and school. Sedleigh in Mike and Psmith would, I assume, come into the last-named class, however not exactly as low in it as Mr. Waughs Llanabba. It is one of those little English schools with yearnings one day to have the option to put "public" before their name and to have their director qualified to go to the yearly Headmasters Conference. All it needs is a couple more Adairs to get things moving. Also, there is this to be noted, that even at a "school" one gets magnificent training. Its as it were disadvantage is that it doesnt play the main schools or the principal rate schools or even the great schools at cricket. In any case, to Mike,traight from Wrykyn (a "top notch school") and Psmith.

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The Finns possess a considerable number of words and epithets for wizard, sorcerer, witch, seer, ecstatic and the like. Some of these are native words like noita a sorcerer, tieto-mies or tietaja the knower, loitsija the reciter of a magic song (loitsu), arpoja a diviner, nakija a seer, myrrys-mies or into-mies an ecstatic, lumoja a stupefier, lukija a reciter, katselija an observer, laulu-mies a song-man, ampuja an archer, kukkaro-mies a bag-man. Others are of foreign origin like mahti-mies or mahtaja Goth. mahts or Sw. magt might, taikuri he that uses taika Goth. taikns a token, a wonder, velho a witch, is probably an early Slav loan, while a latter one is poppa-mies priest-man from the Rus. pop. Though between these appellations no hard and fast line can be drawn, dividing them into good and bad categories, yet on the whole, injurious or black magic would generally be the work of the noita, the ampuja, the velho, and the kukkaro-mies. Beneficial or white magic, like the great bulk of the Magic Songs, was used for ejecting evil spirits of disease, etc., and would be practised by a loitsija, a tietaja, a lukija, or a laulu-mies; in some instances by a lumoja, nakija or an arpoja. Yet we have an example of an exorcist terming himself a noita and a Lapp (12 b). As a rule there is nothing in a Magic Song to show what sort of wizard the reciter of it might be; so as his function is to drive away disease, I shall term him the exorcist.

In primeval times, a maiden,Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,Passed for ages her existenceIn the great expanse of heaven,Oer the prairies yet enfolded.Wearisome the maiden growing,Her existence sad and hopeless,Thus alone to live for agesIn the infinite expansesOf the air above the sea-foam,In the far outstretching spaces,In a solitude of ether,She descended to the ocean,Waves her coach, and waves her pillow.Thereupon the rising storm-windFlying from the East in fierceness,Whips the ocean into surges,Strikes the stars with sprays of oceanTill the waves are white with fervor.

An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world.From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanitys imagination for millennia. Filled with primal gods and goddesses, dryads and the fairy tales of old, the forests still beckon to us, offering sanctuary, mystery and more than a little mischievous trickery. From insatiable cannibalistic children hewn from logs, to lumberjack lore, and the spine-chilling legend of Bloody Mary, there is much to be found between the branches. Come into the trees; witches, seductive spirits and big, bad wolves await you.With this book, Folklore Thursday aim to encourage a sense of belonging across all cultures by showing how much we all have in common.

What if humanity was not the work of a creator God, but of aliens who manipulated our genes? What would happen if we knew that their descendants remain until today in human-like beings, but belonging to that race? The Sumerian tablets found in different archaeological sites have been distributed in libraries, museums and archives throughout the entire planet, to hide a truth that is both strange and terrifying. If it were true that they descended to Earth to improve humanity, now they seem to have changed their minds.

The legends are of a little archipelago which was unknown to the civilized world until the closing years of the last century, and of a people who for many centuries exchanged no word or product with the rest of mankind; who had lost all knowledge, save the little retained by the dreamiest of legends, of the great world beyond their island home; whose origin may be traced to the ancient Cushites of Arabia, and whose legends repeat the story of the Jewish genesis; who developed and passed through an age of chivalry somewhat more barbarous, perhaps, but scarcely less affluent in deeds of enterprise and valor than that which characterized the contemporaneous races of the continental world; whose chiefs and priests claimed kinship with the gods, and step by step told back their lineage not only to him who rode the floods, but to the sinning pair whose re-entrance to the forfeited joys of Paradise was prevented by the large, white bird of Kane ; who fought without shields and went to their death without fear; whose implements of war and industry were of wood, stone and bone, yet who erected great temples to their gods, and constructed barges and canoes which they navigated by the stars; who peopled the elements with spirits, reverenced the priesthood, bowed to the revelations of their prophets, and submitted without complaint to the oppressions of the tabu ; who observed the rite of circumcision, built places of refuge after the manner of the ancient Israelites, and held sacred the religious legends of the priests and chronological meles of the chiefs.

Breanne Mc Ivor is a bold new voice in Caribbean fiction. The Trinidad of her stories is utterly contemporary but also a place defined by its folk mythologies and its cultural creations, its traditions of masking and disguises. Her stories confront the increasing economic and cultural divisions between rich and poor, the alarming rise in crime, murders and an alternative economy based on drug trafficking. Their daring is that they look both within the human psyche and back in time to make sense of this reality. The figure of the loup-garou, the violent rhetoric of the Midnight Robber or even cannibalism lurking far off the beaten track have become almost comic tropes of a dusty folklore. In Mc Ivors stories they become real and terrifying daylight presences, monsters who pass among us.Her great gift as a writer is to take us to unexpected places, both to seduce us into a kind of sympathy for her monsters of greater and lesser kinds, and sometimes to reveal a capacity for redemption amongst characters we are tempted to dismiss as shallow, unlikable human beings. The problem, in a world of masks and disguises, is how to tell the difference.In these carefully crafted stories, with room for humour, though of a distinctly gothic kind, Breanne Mc Ivor reaches deep into the roots of Trinidad folk narratives to present us with very modern versions of our troubled selves.

Lafcadio Hearns Kwaidan is a collection of Japanese ghost stories and folktales that captivate readers with its eerie and mystical atmosphere. Hearns writing style is poetic and evocative, transporting readers to a world filled with supernatural beings and ancient traditions. Each story is carefully crafted to highlight the cultural richness and spiritual beliefs of Japan, offering a glimpse into a world of yurei (ghosts) and yokai (monsters). Written at the turn of the 20th century, Kwaidan preserves these traditional tales for modern readers to appreciate and learn from. Hearns deep fascination with Japanese culture and folklore is evident throughout the book, making it a valuable contribution to the study of East Asian literature and supernatural beliefs. Kwaidan is a literary gem that continues to inspire and intrigue readers with its timeless tales of the supernatural, making it a must-read for those interested in Japanese folklore and storytelling traditions.

Tales of the Sun; or, Folklore of Southern India offers a rich tapestry of narratives that capture the essence of Southern Indian folklore. This anthology traverses a variety of literary styles, from mythic storytelling to oral tradition narrative, each tale a window into the vibrant cultural landscape of the region. The collection is distinguished by its linguistic diversity, featuring tales that encapsulate the wisdom, humor, and moral complexities inherent in these traditional stories. Among the standout pieces are those that deftly weave everyday life with the mystical, offering readers a glimpse into the cultural context from which these stories emerged. The contributing authors, Pandit Natesa Sastri and Lucas Cleeve, come together to illuminate the folklore traditions of Southern India, drawing upon their unique backgrounds and scholarly interests. Sastri, with his deep-rooted connection to the cultural heritage of India, brings authenticity and a comprehensive understanding of the indigenous storytelling traditions. Lucas Cleeve, contributing a Western perspective, offers a fresh interpretative angle that further enriches the collection. Their collaborative work aligns with the broader movement of preserving and studying global folklore, providing a critical perspective on the convergence of Eastern and Western literary traditions. This anthology is a vital resource for readers interested in exploring the multifaceted nature of Southern Indian folklore and its universal themes. It is an indispensable addition to the libraries of those who seek to understand the complexities and beauty of cultural storytelling. With its broad spectrum of voices and styles, Tales of the Sun invites readers into a densely woven narrative landscape, challenging them to engage with its stories and the dialogues they foster, both within and across cultural boundaries.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- Handpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

In Thomas Keightleys The Fairy Legends, readers are taken on a mystical journey through various folklore and mythological creatures, from fairies to elves and everything in between. Keightleys detailed descriptions and vivid storytelling immerse readers in a world where magic and wonder are at every turn. The books literary style is reminiscent of classic folklore collections, with a focus on preserving the oral traditions and cultural significance of these creatures. Keightleys rich storytelling and thorough research make The Fairy Legends a valuable resource for those interested in folklore and mythology studies. His attention to detail and respect for the stories he presents shine through in every page, making this book a must-read for lovers of fairy tales and folklore. Thomas Keightleys passion for preserving and sharing these magical tales is evident in The Fairy Legends, making it a captivating and informative read for anyone curious about the enchanting world of mythical creatures.