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  2. Miraculous births - Wikipedia

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    The Annunciation by Guido Reni (1621). Miraculous births are a common theme in mythological, religious and legendary narratives and traditions. They often include conceptions by miraculous circumstances and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or, in the case of some mythologies, complex plots related to creation.

  3. Melanesian mythology - Wikipedia

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    Melanesian mythology refers to the folklore, myths, and religions of Melanesia, a region in Southwest Oceania that encompasses the archipelagos of New Guinea (including Indonesian New Guinea and Papua New Guinea), the Torres Strait Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. The various mythologies consist primarily of the ...

  4. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys - Wikipedia

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    A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. Eustace Bright telling the stories to several children, the frontispiece illustration of an 1880 edition. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales.

  5. Norwegian Folktales - Wikipedia

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    Norwegian Folktales. Asbjornsen and Moe's Norske folkeeventyr 5th edition, 1874. Norwegian Folktales (Norwegian: Norske folkeeventyr) is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors. [1]

  6. The Three Golden Children (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The Three Golden Children refers to a series of folktales related to the motif of the calumniated wife, numbered K2110.1 in the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature.The name refers to a cycle of tales wherein a woman gives birth to children of wondrous aspect, but her children are taken from her by jealous relatives or by her mother-in-law, and her husband punishes her in some harsh way.

  7. Alexander the Great in legend - Wikipedia

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    Alexander the Great in legend. The vast conquests of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great quickly inspired the formation and diffusion of legendary material about his deity, journeys, and tales. These appeared shortly after his death, and some may have already begun forming during his lifetime. Common themes and symbols, among legends about ...

  8. Tanglewood Tales - Wikipedia

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    Tanglewood Tales. Cover page of first edition (1853) 1921 edition illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett. Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children.

  9. Lang's Fairy Books - Wikipedia

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    1889–1913. No. of books. 25. The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or ...

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