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US cover of Martin the Warrior. Martin the Warrior tells the story of a young mouse named Martin, a slave in Marshank under the cruel stoat Badrang the Tyrant. When Badrang leaves Martin to be tortured by the weather and the gulls, a young mousemaid named Laterose, or Rose (with whom Martin falls in love), and a European mole named Grumm hear his cry of defiance.
In fact, it’s the rom-coms, bittersweet love stories, passionate kisses, happily-ever-afters and memorable love quotes from movies like “Jerry Maguire,” “The Holiday” and “Casablanca ...
The Girl With a Pimply Face is a work of short fiction by William Carlos Williams, first published in the literary journal Blast (1934). [1] The story appeared in the 1938 collection Life Along the Passaic River issued by New Directions Publishers. [2] The story was among Williams’ own favorites in the Passaic volume. [3]
The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
It's often said the best things in life are free and at the top of the list is friendship. Having a close friend to walk through all of the seasons of life is a blessing!
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
Margaret Qualley’s skin went through a lot on the set of The Substance. In a Jan. 13 episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Golden Globe nominee, 30, got real about the ...