...leg and the claws raised: this posture is described in the Norman-French language of heraldry as "segreant", a word uniquely applied to griffins, and which i
...lew back to earth. Representations of Alexander's ascension were placed in French and Italian cathedrals during the 12th century.
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...." The word entered the English language in the late 14th century from Old French ''magique''.
Likewise, ''sorcery'' was taken in ca. 1300 from Old French ''sorcerie'', which is from Vulgar Latin ''*sortiarius'', from ''sors'' "f
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...ent Quetzal''' (which implies something divine or precious) in the Nahuatl language.
*In the classic French/Japanese anime "The Mysterious Cities of Gold", statues of Quetzalcoatl app
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...-man''). The term ''turnskin'' or ''turncoat'' is sometimes also used. The French name for a '''werewolf''', sometimes used in English, is '''loup-garou''',
The second element is thought to be from Old French ''garoul'' meaning ''werewolf.'' This in turn is most likely from Frankish
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...in engravings during the 16th and 17th centuries. Her first appearances in French art are in the School of Fontainebleau in the 1520s and 30s; her last appea
...comic Cerebus, issue #300, Cerebus's son Shep-Shep (or She-Shep, Egyptian language|Egyptian for "living symbol") visits Cerebus and brings a box containing a
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...clothing. House Gnomes have the most knowledge of man, often speaking his language. It is from this family that Gnome Kings are chosen. Farm Gnomes resemble t
*The French film ''Amélie'' includes a portrayal of the popular custom of stealing a g
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...e icon was briefly moved to the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris during the French Revolution, but it subsequently disappeared. The lower section of the spear
* Brown, Arthur Charles Lewis. ''Bleeding Lance''. Modern Language Association of America, 1910
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...sm|socially constructed]], as in "the mythology of love". In the [[1950s]] French [[Structuralism|structuralist]] thinker [[Roland Barthes]] published a seri
...[English mythology]] - [[Etruscan mythology]] - [[Estonian mythology]] - [[French mythology]] - [[Germanic paganism|Germanic mythology]] - [[Greek mythology]
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The name Asmodai is believed to derive from Avestan language *aēšma-daēva, where aēšma means "wrath", and daēva signifies "demon".
...shmadia, Ashmedai (Hebrew), Asmodaios-?sµ?da??? (Greek), Asmoday, Asmodée (French), Asmodee, Asmodei, Ashmodei, Ashmodai, Asmodeios, Asmodeo (Spanish and Ita
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...n and ''Both Sides of the Veil'' by Anne Manning Robbins, Boston, Sherman, French & Co, 1909, and ''The Correspondence of William James #06'' by Ignas K. Skr
...alism (Philosophy)]] - any theory positing the primacy of spirit, mind, or language over matter. It includes claiming that thought has some crucial role in mak
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The English term was derived (possibly via French vampyre) from the German Vampir, in turn derived in the early 18th century
...aptised a gypsy called Sara. They still hold a ceremony each May 24 in the French village where this is supposed to have occurred. Some refer to their '''Bl
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*[http://www.noosfere.com/ nooSFere], the largest genre reference in French
*[http://www.quarante-deux.org/ Quarante-deux] French SF portal
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...while doing research Stoker ran across an intriguing word in the Romanian language: "Dracul", meaning ''the Devil''. There was also a historic figure known a
...onetime site of Vlad’s castle in Bucharest -- calls itself by the English-language name "Impaler".
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...a name related to the word ''[[kobold]]''. Goblin is also related to the French ''lutin''.
[[Category:French mythology]]
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...essed, along with audiences of between 13 and 42 children, her 32-year-old French teacher Sagée bilocate, in broad daylight, inside her school, Pensionat vo
...electrical stimulation was applied while the patient was asked to perform language test with a set of [[flash cards]]. On this occasion the patient reported t
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...edemption of man, in the low and vulgar Italian language and not the Latin language as one might expect for such a serious topic.
...ne traduction," in ''Le Livre de l'échelle de Mahomet'', Latin edition and French translation by Gisèle Besson and Michèle Brossard-Dandré, Collection ''L
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Mokèlé-mbèmbé means 'one who stops the flow of rivers' in the Lingala language. According to local tribes, the creature goes by a variety of different nam
...sed in the source) comes from the 1776 book of Abbé Lievain Bonaventure, a French missionary to the Congo River region. Among many other observations about f
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...ef><ref>IE root ''*albh-'', in American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE13.html]</ref> Alternatively, a c
...g to the elf–dwarf confusion observed already in the Younger Edda. Via the French ''Alberon'', the same name has entered English as ''[[Oberon]]'' – k
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...n 1995 and 1997. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A41966-2003Oct3?language=printer]
...', Volume XIV, 1905: 451) claim that "Cannibal" meant "valiant man" in the language of the Caribs. [[Richard Hakluyt]]'s ''Voyages'' introduced the word to Eng
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