Tamgha of “Guyuk” and the Jochids of the House of Orduids (the story of one mistake) by Petrov P.N.

“…The weight of these coins is approximately 1 gram, and the coin legends do not provide conclusive information for dating. …”
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De l’onomastique dans l’affirmation du sentiment national : le département oriental de San Martín au Pérou by Catherine Heymann

“…Having followed law studies, the writer and well-known man, Jenaro Herrera (1861-1941), was born in the Peruvian Amazon, and published in 1918 a book dedicated to Peru’s north-oriental region : Legends and traditions of Loreto. In one of his traditions, he gives an explanation about the choice of San Martín to name an oriental department. …”
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Hippocrates: facts and fiction by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Contemporary and later sources reveal that many (possibly untrue) legends accumulated around this enigmatic figure. …”
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St. Genevieve in the Revolution : Sylvain Maréchal’s Counter-History by Sheila Delany

“…Her new book, published by University of Alberta Press, is an annotated translation of Maréchal’s Nouvelle légende dorée, extending her work in medieval hagiography and her lifelong interest in revolutionary history.…”
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КУЛЬТУРНАЯ КОННОТАЦИЯ ФРАЗЕОЛОГИЗМОВ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА by ВАЛЕНТИН ЗИМИН

“…That is why the cultural commentary of phraseological units is nothing else but methodical disclosure of their presuppositional aspects which are the true codes of culture and include in themselves meanings and senses connected with mythology, legends, rites and rituals, symbols, stereotypes, traditions, habits and so on.…”
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Purcell and Dryden’s King Arthur and the Myth of the Golden Age by Andrea Trocha Van Nort

“…Le King Arthur de Purcell et de Dryden, un semi-opéra ou opéra dramatique selon les termes de Dryden, rompt avec le mode héroïque anglais et façonne le récit de la légende arthurienne selon les critères de la mythologie gréco-romaine. …”
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Vjatka-taguste udmurtide rituaalne roog tšek-tšegei by Denis Kornilov

“…The dish is analyzed in comparison with similar dishes of neighboring peoples (Tatars, Kryashens). Local legends about the connection of the dish chek-chegey with the Akashka ritual are given. …”
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El ocaso de un siglo: representaciones de Emilia Pardo Bazán en el diario El Pueblo (1899) by Blanca Cerdá Aznar

“…It was recalled that she had given a lecture in Paris on the pernicious effects of certain legends on the national mood and the possible mechanisms for revitalization. …”
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Dracula, le monstre et les savants : entre Darwin et Bunyan by René Gallet

“…The presence of such a scientific layer beneath the more conspicuous layer of Transylvanian legends and superstitions also leads to a reassessment of Stoker’s work which could then be seen as adapting Bunyan’s technique of multiple allegory to a Victorian intellectual context.…”
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Le massacre des Innocents ou comment réécrire l’histoire by Édith Parmentier

“…Finally, the Greco-Roman cultural environment which transmitted this fiction in Antiquity turned it into a commonplace, amalgamating themes of various origins in accordance with the typical phenomenon of black legends. In modern times, these mechanisms have enabled the symbolic reinvestment by the collective memory of a massacre that never took place.…”
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L’AUGUSTALE FEDERICIANO: NUOVE PROSPETTIVE by Simonluca Perfetto

“…Grazie alla catalogazione degli augustali, realizzata attraverso la monetazione imperiale romana, e grazie allo studio delle legende, è stato possibile creare un catalogo preliminare, che non solo offre una cronologia piuttosto attendibile, ma precisa anche l’attribuzione di queste monete alle zecche di Napoli, Brindisi e Messina. …”
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Je suis un zombie : Études récentes sur Richard Matheson et le mort-vivant by Amy J. Ransom, Jean-Louis Trudel

“…Dans ce texte nous résumons quatre essais récents sur le phénomène actuel du zombie ainsi qu’un collectif sur l’œuvre de Richard Matheson dont la première version filmique du roman Je suis une légende a servi d’inspiration à l’ur-film de zombies, La nuit des morts vivants de George A. …”
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Harriet Prescott Spofford’s Development of a Protestant Aesthetic for a Diverse Nation by Paula Kot

“…In “Charlestown,” an historical sketch from her 1871 collection New-England Legends, Harriet Prescott Spofford examines the contest between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism that shaped Americans’ understanding of democracy as well as Spofford’s understanding of her role as an author in an increasingly heterogeneous nation. …”
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Genre et transgression du genre dans le récit de la Guerre des jeunes filles chez Cosmas de Prague by Adrien Quéret-Podesta

“…The episode of the Maiden’s War (in Czech Dívčí válka) is undoubtedly one of the most famous legends concerning the mythical past of the Czech state: this fictive conflict between maidens and men, which is said to have happened during the reign of Přemysl, the legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty which ruled over Bohemia from the end of the 9th century until 1306, had a great influence on the culture of this country. …”
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Ombres et transparences, de Vinci aux calques numériques by Marie-Madeleine Martinet

“…Optical devices have since the Renaissance superimposed shadow and transparency; they have evolved from image-making to the continuous representation of motion in 19th-century toys based on the rotation of silhouettes; copying machines, derived from ancient legends defining shadows as the image of persons, led to 18th-century experiments in the simulation of motion. …”
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Vnímanie choroby a starostlivosť o chorých u mendikantov na príklade sv. Alžbety Uhorskej by Katarína Nádaská

“…Sources originating from the period pertaining to Elizabeth’s life mention treatments of mainly infectious, highly repulsive diseases and the curing of corporeal defects, injuries and lethal injuries, in order to necessitate the biggest contrast and to excite awe in the recipients of the legends texts. Turning one’s soul away from sin was considered to be part of a person’s treatment, too. …”
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SELF-IDENTIFICATION FACTORS OF VISITORS TO THE MEMORIAL LANDSCAPE OF THE ARKAIM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE by Andrey V. Safonov, Irina V. Topchii

“…The connective structure of Arkaim is explored as a multidimensional phenomenon whose conceptual facets are represented by the natural landscape and its history, the history of Arkaim settlement dating back to the Bronze Age, the historical facts, legends and tales, as well as the history of discovery and promotion of this archaeological monument. …”
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La variation toponymique dans l'oraliture comme pratique infrapolitique : études de cas à Uchon et Paris by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…The second part then shows how tales, legends and oral narratives help to maintain a departure from the norm and standardisation and enrich everyday reality. …”
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Zatrzymać czas by Jan Zieliński

“…There is also a discussion of the allusions to Heinrich Heine and Rainer Maria Rilke, both in Napierski’s poem and in his novel, as well as a presentation of two Middle Ages legends: about the founding of the town of Trier by the king Trebeta and about the life- story of St. …”
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Le “Written Speech” yeatsien et ses expressions scéniques by Pierre Longuenesse

“…In a first period of his theatrical works, inspired by Irish legends, Yeats endorses the myth of an oral tradition of the Irish people, for which his theatre becomes the speaker. …”
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