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    A Midsummer night's dream

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    of Filipino folklore. So as the play started the crowd went silent and had their eyes unto the stage. So the first act started when the Datu Sampurna asked help for his daughter Dayang. The said daughter was about to ruin her upcoming marriage to Datu Masnar because of Samanodin which she is madly in love with. The actors and actresses delivered their parts very well and the music was also noticeably great. The director did a remarkable twist on the plot‚ on how the Filipino folklore was added

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    representation of the Green Man of folklore and by others as an allusion to Christ. Some feminist interpretations see women as in control throughout‚ while others argue that their control is illusory. Cultural critics have argued that the poem expresses tensions between the Welsh and English in the poet’s dialect region. Complex in plot and rich in language‚ it is also sophisticated in its use of medieval symbolism‚ drawing upon Celtic‚ Germanic‚ and other folklore. The poem survives in a single manuscript

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    Scotland

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    Demography The population of Scotland in the 2001 Census was 5‚062‚011. This rose to 5‚295‚400‚ the highest ever‚ according to the first results of the 2011 Census. Although Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland‚ it is not the largest city. With a population of just over 584‚000‚ this title falls to Glasgow. The Greater Glasgow urban area‚ with a population of almost 1.2 million‚ is home to nearly a quarter of Scotland’s population. The “Central Belt” is where most of the main towns

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    Ultima also dies. Samuel introduces Antonio to the legend of the Golden Carp. Antonio begins to wonder if the Golden Carp is his god and if he should believe in it instead of the catechism that his mother believes in. The Golden Carp is a symbol of folklore because it is a fish and fish symbolizes the goodness of Earth and nature. It also symbolizes Christian belief because it is symbolic for the great flood from the Old Testament. This is also a biblical allusion. This is one way that the Christian

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    Gargoyles in France

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    “gargoyle” of Notre Dame. Originally the term gargoyle applied only to those statues and figures which redirected water away from masonry buildings. Gargoyles were created with the purpose of redirecting water while chimeras were ornamental. The folklore which surrounds the origin of the defining characteristics of gargoyles as hideous half-beasts claims that a dragon by the name La Gargouille lived near the river Seine and caused floods by spouting water and breathed fire.2 A Catholic priest from

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    The Archetype of Lilith

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    Lilith?” has no one answer. Lilith is a demon temptress of the night . Lilith is the first wife of Adam‚ the first man according to Abrahamic tradition. Lilith is an archetype for independent‚ obstinate women . She is present in the mythological folklore of almost every Middle-Eastern and European culture to have developed since she first appeared in Sumerian mythology. Some scholars have placed her origin within a set of Sumerian wind and storm demons called Lilitu around 3000 B.C. Some scholars

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    Health Benefits of Beer

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    Literature Review My topic that I chose for this lit review is beer. I decided to do beer because it is something that me and my dad have in common and can bond over. Beer is not just an alcoholic drink for me there is more substance there. Beer is interesting because every beer company makes their product differently. Also beer is one of the most sold products in the world and I would like to find more information of it. Humanities: Miller‚ Carl. “Beer and Television: Perfectly Tuned In

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    ensure that she remains safe and unharmed. Scotland has laws that ensure the safety of the Loch Ness monster and have made sure that she is protected. For years Nessie has been believed in by people‚ she has been mentioned numerous stories‚ Scottish folklore‚ and the biography of an important man named Saint Columbia. These references help prove that Nessie is real because of how far back these sources date and how even then people believed in her. If Nessie doesn’t exist then how can all the facts that

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    (2009) ‘Peter Pan and the Pantomime Tradition’ in Montgomery‚ H. and Watson‚ N. J. (eds) Children’s Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends. Basingstoke‚ Palgrave Macmillan‚ pp. 164-172. Yeats‚ William Butler‚ The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (2004)‚ Dover Publications “In Fairyland or Thereabout”: The Fairy as Nationalist Symbol in Irish Literature By and After William Allingham‚ Cassandra Schell

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    Outline for (Hinduism) Research Question: How do the celebrations of Hindu holidays affect Hindu culture? B. Summary of Evidence Factual Focus #1 – Hindu Holidays and Ceremonials‚ with Dissertations on Origin‚ Folklore and Symbols explains the origin of each holiday and ceremony. It goes into the story of how the holidays and ceremonies came to be. Also‚ goes into the reasoning why they celebrate the holidays. Factual Focus #2 – Fairs and Festivals of India explains the actual festivals

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