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Sefer HaAggadah (The Book of Legends) is a compilation of Aggadot (singular Aggadah; Aramaic אַגָּדָה: "tales, lore") that was compiled and edited by Hayim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Rawnitzki starting from 1903. Most of the sources included in Sefer HaAggadah come from the period of the Tannaim and the Amoraim.
The severe 'colic of Poitou, France' was described by the physician of Cardinal Richelieu but the cause was unknown. In 1694 it struck two monasteries Gockel was responsible for. [ 8 ] Several people at the monastery fell ill and died not long after dining together on Christmas.
Rabi Loew and Golem by Mikoláš Aleš (1899).. There are a few definitely Jewish legends of the Middle Ages which partake of the character of folktales, such as those of the Jewish pope Andreas and of the golem, or that relating to the wall of the Rashi chapel, which moved backward in order to save the life of a poor woman who was in danger of being crushed by a passing carriage in the narrow ...
Part mystery, part adventure, all word game -- in today's Game of the Day, The Book of Treasures, you play as Jessica, a librarian hunting for a lost Egyptian manuscript.One day, Jessica finds a ...
The book sought to compile traditional lore about saints venerated at the time of its compilation, ordered according to their feast days.Jacobus de Voragine for the most part follows a template for each chapter: etymology of the saint's name, a narrative about their life, a list of miracles performed, and finally a list of citations where the information was found.
Sir Gawain's wife, in some legends mother of Percival: Red Knight: Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181 Le Morte d'Arthur: Appears in many tales, usually as an antagonist Rience: Ritho, Ryence, Ryons, and Rion Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136 Lancelot-Grail, Post Vulgate Cycle, Le Morte d'Arthur: King defeated by Arthur Safir†
The book was passed to Arthur's true son, and from Arthur's son came the Knights Templar. Thomas Berger : Arthur Rex (1978) is a tragicomic retelling of the Arthurian legend. Marion Zimmer Bradley : The Mists of Avalon (1983) is the classic of modern reinterpretations of the Arthurian legend through the points of view of powerful women behind ...
The hunt is accompanied by his new book, There’s Treasure Inside, a 243-page guide filled with origin stories of the treasures, maps, and puzzles designed to lead curious hunters to the loot.