...', translating ''psykhē''. The word was loaned into Middle English via Old French ''espirit'' in the 13th century.
...being and its animal instincts. Similarly, both the Danish and the Chinese language uses the term "breath" to refer to the spirit.
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Although only known from Roman contexts, the name Epona is from the Celtic language Gaulish; it is derived from ''epos'', horse or ''epa'', mare (compare Latin
...rustic calendar from Guidizzolo, Italy (Vaillant, 1951). According to the French historian Benoît (1950), she was also a [[psychopomp]], accompanying souls
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Spoken [[language]], for example, consists of distinct auditory tokens for representing symbo
...]] is a common way to indicate respect. In fact, every word in a natural [[language]] is a symbol for some concept or relationship between concepts.
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...''' ('''אֱלוֹהִים , אלהים''') is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently relat
...s/tg/detail/-/0814736548 In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language]) derives the word from the common Canaanite word ''elim,'' with the [[mate
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...lish language circa 1340, transmitted from medieval Latin language through French. Its first blurred extended (and essentially Protestant) sense of a non-his
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...word "bogeyman" is uncertain, as is when it first appeared in the English language. Some sources date it to the 16th century, while others to around 1836, as
*France - The French equivalent of the Bogeyman is "''le croque-mitaine''" ("the mitten-biter").
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...eading folk astray with echoes and lights in nighttime woodlands (like the French "White Ladies", the ''Dames Blanches''), or coming into the farmstead and s
...ngly suggests that the Puca was older in the landscape of Britain than the language itself. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the na
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...logical creature in the Western tradition. "Sylph" has passed into general language as a term for minor spirits, elementals, or faeries of the air. Fantasy au
...sylphs comes with Alexander Pope. In ''Rape of the Lock'', Pope satirizes French Rosicrucian and alchemical writings when he invents a theory to explain the
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...of the evil spirit" are fabricated, and have no relation with the Illinois language. The creature depicted in the mural was first referred to as the ''Piasa Bi
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...way for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language into forbidden manuals of sorcery.
...the main forces simultaneously practicing and condemning necromancy. The language, execution and format of the rituals illustrated in the Munich Handbook (Ki
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...ing rapid, faint, and often spoken in grammatically unusual and simplified language—or even multiple languages during the same sentence. The interpretat
...nce, which leaves auditory pareidolia as a primary explanation. When using language, humans are constantly sorting out noise, recognizing speech patterns and s
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* French musician Toog released the song "The Wild Jackalope" on his 2002 album Easy
* Japanese band Shonen Knife wrote an English-language song called "Jackalope" for their album Happy Hour.
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The tale was translated into the English language c. 1500, and often printed in both the 15th century and the 16th century. (
...in late medieval France.'' A volume of essays that examine the monumental French prose narrative, the ''Roman de Melusine'' (1393), which was written by Jea
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...lan 5 ship expedition in 1519. Pigafetta`s diary was published in Italian, French, Spanish, and later into English. It influenced the writings of Shakespeare
...'''Kap Dwa''', which translates approximately as Two-Heads. (In the Malay language, kepala means head and dua means two; how this relates to the supposed Pata
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...under its tongue, or writing the word ''Emet'' (אמת, 'truth' in the Hebrew language) on its forehead are examples of such words. By erasing the first letter in
...s. Another famous treatment from the same era is H. Leivick's 1921 Yiddish-language "dramatic poem in eight sections" ''The Golem''. Also notable is Julien Du
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...the population, or some 4½ million people. The word ''vodún'' is the [[Fon language|Fon-Ewe]] word for ''[[spirit]]''. Voodoo elsewhere is highly influenced by
...ceremony ultimately resulted in the liberation of the Haitian people from French colonial rule in 1804, and the establishment of the first black people's re
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...een recorded for centuries in literature. For example, in 1887, celebrated French author Guy de Maupassant pennned the story "Le Horla" ("The Horla") about s
* Nos Miran (Spanish Language Film)
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...' and Latin ''celare''="to hide, to cover" (all from [[Proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] ''[[wiktionary:*kel-|*kel-]]'').
The [[Muslim]] belief in ''[[jahannam]]'' (in [[Arabic Language|Arabic]]: جهنم) (similar to Hebrew ''ge-hinnom'' and resembles that of
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...uguese ''fada'' and Spanish ''hada,'' all of which mean ''fairy''. The Old French ''fée,'' had the meaning "enchanter." Thus féerie meant a "state of fée"
<!--The word "Pari" in the [[farsi]] language sounds like and has a similar meanings to the English "Fairy". However, it
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...ctor and tells him his story, speaking in strikingly eloquent and detailed language. He describes his feelings first of confusion, then rejection and hate. He
...r The Fate of Frankenstein'', a play by Richard Brinsley Peake, in 1823. A French translation appeared as early as 1821 (''Frankenstein: ou le Prométhée Mo
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