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Al-Thaʿālibī was born in Nishapur and was based there throughout his life. [2] Of Arab ethnicity, [3] his nickname means 'furrier' or 'tailor who works with fox fur', and medieval biographers speculated that this was his job or his father's, but there is no convincing evidence for either proposition. The only hint as to al-Thaʿālibī's ...
A king is lost in the forest and comes across a munchkin , in exchange for being led out of the forest, he promises his youngest daughter's hand in marriage to the munchkin. The dwarf thereby delivers the king safely back to his castle and informs him that he will be back in a week for the king's daughter, who was sad, for his youngest was his ...
"Allerleirauh" (English: "All-Kinds-of-Fur", sometimes translated as "Thousandfurs") is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. [1] Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book. [2] It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love.
Marcus Eremita, Mark the Ascetic or Marcus the Ascetic [n 1] was a Christian theologian, saint, and ascetic writer of the fifth century AD. Mark is rather an ascetic than a dogmatic writer. He is content to accept dogmas from the Church; his interest is in the spiritual life as it should be led by monks.
A 13th-century book illustration produced in Baghdad by al-Wasiti showing a slave-market in the town of Zabid in Yemen. Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti (Arabic: يحيى بن محمود الواسطي) was a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab [1] [2] [3] painter and calligrapher, noted for being the scribe and illustrator of al-Hariri's Maqamat dated 1237 CE (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Arabe 5847).
From 1787 to 1791, he was a fur trader with the Indians along the Mohawk River, [4] residing at Johnstown and Caughnawaga. [ 5 ] In 1793, he returned to New York City and, along with his brothers Peter and John, joined the Calliopean Society, a literary club for young men.
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Hermione buys Crookshanks from a shop in Diagon Alley out of sympathy, as nobody wants him because of his behaviour and his squashed looking-face. Rowling has confirmed that Crookshanks is half Kneazle , [ 1 ] an intelligent, cat-like creature who can detect when they are around untrustworthy people, explaining his higher than normal cat ...