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The wunkirmian is owned by the wunkirle, who is considered the "most hospitable woman" of her village quarter. Traditionally, she chooses her own successor. Curator Barbara C. Johnson describes the role of the feast ladle in a Dan feast: "At feast times [the wunkirle] marches with her spoon at the head of the line of women from her quarter.
List of feminist literature; List of fiction works made into feature films (0–9, A–C) List of fiction works made into feature films (D–J) List of fiction works made into feature films (K–R) List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z) Lists of works of fiction made into feature films; List of fictional towns in literature
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...
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This is a list of Dungeons & Dragons fiction in the form of novels and short stories. Dungeons & Dragons has multiple official fictional settings and with it many novels and other fiction releases for each of these settings.
According to John J. Collins, Belshazzar's feast is a legend conforming to the subgenre of the "tale of court contest", complicated by the inclusion of Daniel's indictment of Belshazzar's pride and his failure to honour the God of Israel. As a result, the tale has a double ending, in which Daniel is first showered with rewards and honours for ...
The Kindlers Literature encyclopedia (in German: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon) is an encyclopedia released in Germany covering information about world literature. The first edition was published from 1965 to 1972 by Helmut Kindler [ de ] in 7 volumes and was partially a translation of the Italian encyclopedia "Dizionario Letterario Bompiani".