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...ies, collections of ghosts, spirits and monsters, of which Suushi based on literature, folklore, other artwork. These works had a profound influence on subsequen [[Category: Classic literature]]

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Ghost ships in English literature Well-known examples of ghost ships in English literature include:

The incantation literature is quite extensive among the Sumerians as well as the Babylonians. Sumerian ...ewaystobabylon.com/introduction/literature.htm An Overview of Mesopotamian Literature]

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Charles Welsh. ''Irish Fairy and Folk Tales''. In Irish Literature, ed by Justin McCarthy. Volume III, pg xx.

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...annin with [[Tiamat]], as it happened with Rahab. It is unclear in Jewish literature the differentiation between Tannin, Rahab, and [[Leviathan]], but Tannin an

...ed comparatively recently to give an impression of archaism and mystery in literature, for example in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, where wights are corpses w Examples of the word used in classic English literature and poetry:

...iors''' are a common fictional monster archetype common in western fantasy literature, television, and video games.

'''Qareens''' (Arabic: قرين‎) qarīn), according to Islamic literature, are spirits permanently assigned to each person during his/her life. The c

Chinese literature assigns this creature a variety of descriptions, but most often it is a fie

The giant ziz lives on in children's literature where it is often portrayed as a clumsy, accident-prone, but kind-hearted c

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* Robert Tenorio Torres, "Pre-Contact Marianas Folklore, Legends, and Literature: A Critical Commentary"PDF, Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Scien

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* Briggs, Katharine Mary (2002). ''The Fairies in Tradition and Literature. p. 284''. Routledge; 2 edition (July 30, 2002).

In fantasy literature and games '''Shades''' are a spiritual or emotional imprint left on a perso ...l creatures with powerful abilities, and are a commonly used phenomenon in literature and video games.

The phenomenon is often observed on mountain peaks but is recorded in literature with special reference to [[The Brocken]], a peak in the Harz Mountains in

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...51:9-10). The difference between Rahab and [[Tannin]] is unclear in Jewish literature.

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...ed. The slender, flowing dragon of this period represents the King, and is literature dragon. ==Dragon in literature==

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...ost well-known Tatar poem in the entire 1000 year old history of the Tatar literature. Only Tukai’s other poetic masterpiece, "Oh, My Native Tongue!" can chall

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===Literature=== ...them in their writings. Haunted castles and mansions are common in gothic literature such as Dracula.

*Tzvi Abusch ''Babylonian witchcraft literature: case studies'', 1987

"This name is half Hebrew and half Latin. Asmodeus is often mentioned in the literature of demonology. The name can also be translated as 'The one adorned with fir

The word ''Abbadon'' is also used for Hell in rabbinical literature. ===Literature===

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Dragon Kings appeared commonly in literature. Detailed descriptions were given of the finery of their crystal palaces. I

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...century. Indeed, Hermanubis also appears in the alchemical and hermetical literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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...degast then, is "border-stone ghost". The first mention of a deildegast in literature comes from ''Draumkvedet'', written near the end of the middle ages. The be

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Ogres have appeared in many classic works of literature. Today, variants of ogres can be found in most modern fantasy games ===Literature===

In an Albanian literature by Robert Elsie, the zana of mount Vizitor got angry after witnessing the d

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'''Landvættir''' (land spirits) are mythical creatures in old Icelandic literature and stories. They are chthonic guardians of specific grounds, such as wild

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...e due to the widely-understood [[theme (literature)|theme]]s and [[Motif (literature)|motif]]s such as “The Terrible Mother”, “Death,” and “Atonement ...ted by the familiar designation ''[[Aesopica]]'': "Ancient Greek and Roman literature contains rich troves of folklore and popular beliefs, many of which have co

In medieval literature, the '''ichneumon''' or '''echinemon''' was the enemy of the dragon.

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...u or the bizarre ushi-oni that terrorized Negoro also appear in famous old literature such as the Sei Shonagon's tenth-century diary ''The Pillow Book'', and in

===Literature=== Bast often appears in literature as the goddess of cats, either directly appearing as such or being mentione

...''Journey to the West'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

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...does not seem to have powers to regenerate like its relatives in nowadays literature. It can't recover from injuries, especially mortal ones. There is a "teika"

Stories of the vampire were adopted by gothic literature.

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...ts, such as Rosicrucianism, continued to speak of sylphs in their hermetic literature. ...n the sylph. In a parody of heroic poetry and the "dark" and "mysterious" literature of pseudo-science, and in particular the sometimes esoterically Classical h

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Nue as a word appears in the oldest of Japanese literature. Early quotes include Kojiki (712) and Wamyo Ruijusho (c. 934). Due to the

...s, both old and new often use the concept of ghosts. In modern day Bengali literature as well, references to ghosts may be often found. It is believed that the s

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...olent'. The name "shed" also means a propitious genius in Babylonian magic literature.

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===Literature=== ...chael's time at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Michael returned to the world of literature with the 1981 adaptation of ''Halloween II'' written by Jack Martin; it was

...mith]] and first appeared in his short story "The Seven Geases" ([[1934 in literature|1934]]). In the story, Atlach-Nacha is the reluctant recipient of a human s ...is first mentioned in the [[short story]] "Master of the Crabs" ([[1948 in literature|1948]]) by [[Clark Ashton Smith]]. It is a sea-god, also known as the Maste

#^ a b c K. M. Briggs, The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature, p 33 University of Chicago Press, London, 1967

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...rumor was groundless. The story is found in various works of early modern literature, hence the use of the name to apply to a misanthrope or a licentious person

...rm that was used to describe riches, avarice, and worldly gain in Biblical literature. It was personified as a false god in the New Testament. The term is often

===Literature/Comics=== ...com/Pontios/Seirenes.html Theoi Project, Seirenes] the Sirens in classical literature and art

...the idea of the farm tomte still lives on, if only in the imagination and literature.

...ic of bizarre people of distant places, that it kept returning in medieval literature. A number of late antique and medieval scholars reported on the Cynocephala ===High and late medieval travel literature===

*Later 18th Century and 19th Century literature associated St. Elmo's fire with bad omen or divine judgment, coinciding wit

== Fairies in literature and legend == ===Literature===

'''Mastema''' is the name of an arch-demon who first appears in the literature of Israel's Second Temple Period and has gradually become an apocalyptic na

* Briggs, Katharine Mary. ''The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature''. University of Chicago Press, London, 1967.

...em to be a reference to a Semitic mythological beast mentioned in Ugaritic literature (of Ugarit, a city-state in North Syria). According to Canaanite myth, the ==Leviathan in literature==

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...re unlimited", writes Visser (1913:126), and "it is no wonder that Chinese literature abounds with stories about dragons which had assumed the shape of men, anim

Mary and Percy shared a love of languages and literature. They enjoyed reading and discussing books together, such as the classics t ...left her both pregnant and somewhat obsessed with him. In terms of English literature, it was to be a productive summer. Percy began work on "Hymn To Intellectua

Various individual valkyries are mentioned in numerous forms of Germanic literature. ...ie Reflex in Old English Literature." New Readings on Women in Old English Literature. Eds. Helen Damico and Alexandra Hennessey Olsen. Bloomington: Indiana Univ

...Beowulf. This essay was the first work of scholarship in which Anglo-Saxon literature was seriously examined for its literary merits—not just scholarship about

===Literature=== In literature, Will o' the wisp often has a metaphorical meaning, describing any hope o

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* [[Azazel]] in Rabbinic Literature and [[Enoch I]] taught men to make knives, swords, and shields. He also ta

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===Sanskrit literature=== The references to Murugan in Sanskrit literature can be traced back to the first millennium BCE. There are references to Sub

===Literature=== ...i.com/Ther/KuonKerberos.html Theoi Project, Cerberus] the dog in classical literature and art

...Bible. It is the only biblical book that is wholly composed of apocalyptic literature. The book is frequently called by the incorrect name Book of Revelations. ...rmation on these topics in the entries on higher criticism and apocalyptic literature.

...solutely no evidence in folklore to support this notion. In early Vampire literature (such as J. Malcolm Rymer’s ''Varney the Vampire'' or Sheridan LeFanu’s ...es the Vampire. This is a prominent theme in Vampire folklore, as well as literature and the movies.

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...spects. ''Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica'', 109 (1), 19-22. of the medical literature from early 2004 lists over thirty published cases of lycanthropy, only the

==Zombies in literature and fiction==

==Aži Dahaka in Zoroastrian literature==

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The term 'flight of Asmodeus' is derived from a work of literature by Alain René Lesage (Le Diable Boiteux, 1707) in which Asmodeus takes Don ===Literature===

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As far as modern fantasy literature for children is concerned, another mention of unicorns is in "Harry Potter

In 1971 he got a degree in Russian literature by a correspondence course and tried a career as a teacher in Novoshakhtins ===Literature===

...s]]. There is very little early [[folklore]] distinct from the [[aggadah]] literature. However, some forms of folklore have survived among the Jewish people in a ...lk-tales from East to West, Jews have played an important part. The Bidpai literature was transferred from the Orient to western Europe entirely by Jewish means

...s kinds of yōkai are encountered in folklore and folklore-inspired art and literature, particularly manga and Japanese horror. The man to whom most of the credit

...lic domain in one jurisdiction but not another. For instance some works of literature are public domain in the US but not in the EU. :Public access to literature, art, music, and film is essential to preserving and building on our cultur

==Monsters in literature==

===Literature=== ...th a machete, and he proceeds to decapitate her. Jason would not appear in literature again, until the 1986 novelization of ''Jason Lives'' by Simon Hawke, who a

...eoi.com/Pontios/Skylla.html Theoi Project, Skylla] references in classical literature and ancient art

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...s statues and symbols in palaces. Homa also had a special place in Persian literature as guardians of light. ==Griffins in literature==

Norwegian folklore records a number of different draug-types. In older literature one will find clear distinctions between '''Sea-draug''' and '''land-draug' ...//www.vikinganswerlady.com/ghosts.shtml "Draugr and Aptrgangr in Old Norse Literature"]

...dism developed, the belief took final hold. There is a vast body of Jewish literature that dwells on the transmigration of souls, and it spans the centuries ment

...e departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult doctor in literature.[2] The story is narrated by Laura, one of the two main protagonists of the

...the 19th century, when a Christian reaction to Pan's growing importance in literature and art resulted in his image being translated to that of the Devil. ...n the original Roman sense of "light-bringer", occasionally appears in the literature of certain groups as a metaphorical figure quite distinct from Satan, and w

...or retail and book stores are considering moving the novels into an erotic literature category, which would impact future earnings by limiting the sales of the n

* [[Bartimaeus (Bartimaeus trilogy)|Bartimaeus]] (Literature, [[Jonathan Stroud]])

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...he most famous creatures of popular culture, and are depicted regularly in literature and film. This is likely due to the influence of Hans Christian Andersen's ===Literature===

== In Rabbinic literature == The belief that Satan is in [[Hell]] has its roots in Christian literature rather than in the Bible. The Bible states that he still roams heaven and

.... Corliss]]' ''Science Frontiers'' has covered reports in the [[scientific literature]] regarding anomalies for years. He, through his Sourcebook Project, has pu

.../maerchen_irland/elfenmaerchen/zeugnisse.html Drusi and woodwoses in Latin literature from the 5th century onwards (in German)]

...inces" (a reference to the archangel Michael, who was recognized in Jewish literature to be a chief angel guarding over Israel). Later in that chapter, the man w

Pegasus' story became a favourite theme in Greek art and literature, and in late antiquity Pegasus' soaring flight was interpreted as an allego

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...in ''mythic'' terms. Some myths fit in more than one category. Apocalyptic literature such as ''The Revelation of St. John the Divine'' is an example of a set of ...edieval romance in particular plays with this process of turning myth into literature. [[Euhemerus|Euhemerism]] refers to the process of rationalization of myths

...en the horns and cloven hooves of [[Satan]], as depicted in much Christian literature and art, were taken from the images of the highly sexual Pan.

...rd combining Greek aspis, the asp, and chelone, the turtle. In Old English literature, in the poem ''The Whale'', the creature appears under the name '''Fastitoc

...man spy. There are various versions of this legend in the cryptozoological literature, and, as with other Alma reports, hard proof is absent.

...sified as a classical undead being or a vampire as per Western folklore or literature since the creature is, for all intent and purposes, a living human being du

'''Lucifer''' is generally considered, based on the influence of Christian literature and [[legend]], to have been a prominent [[archangel]] in [[heaven]] (altho ===In literature===

...of the century, especially from 1868 to 1875, such prominent characters of literature as John Collier’s Hell (Yellowstone Park), the explosive Mike Fink (half-

* Charles Welsh. ''Irish Fairy and Folk Tales''. In Irish Literature, ed by Justin McCarthy. Volume III, pg 19.

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...ound of barking dogs was the first sign of her approach in Greek and Roman literature. The frog, significantly a creature that can cross between two elements, is ...the character and significance of Hekate is almost as full as that of the literature. But it is only in the later period that they come to express her manifold

The earliest literature to rationally discuss the issue comes from the Chinese philosopher, Mo Tzu A popular genre of literature from the early Renaissance to the early twentieth century was the ''Dialogu

...a substantial overlap between the audiences of science fiction and fantasy literature, and many science fiction authors have also written works of fantasy. Fans ===Science fiction and mainstream literature===

* Jung, Leo (1925). ''Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan Literature''. A Study in Comparative Folklore'', published in four parts in The Jewish

==Literature== In certain works of Renaissance literature, the phoenix is said to have been eaten as the rarest of dishes – for onl

[[Gehenna]] is defined in [[rabbi|rabbinic]] literature. It is sometimes translated as "Hell", but this doesn't effectively convey ...= Oxford | year = 1995 | id = ISBN 1851680748}}</ref> Instead the [[Bahá'í literature|Bahá'í writings]] describe hell as a "spiritual condition" where remotene

...nds. Trolls have achieved international recognition, and in modern fantasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock ch ...word ''troll'' appears to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented. This can be seen in terms such as ''sjötrollet'' (the sea

...phoenix. The figure can be found in all periods of Greater Iranian art and literature, and is evident also in the iconography of medieval Armenia, Byzantium and

...:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].) The story has had an influence across literature and [[:Category:Popular culture|popular culture]] and spawned a complete ge *[http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/ Online Literature Library] (w/ the prefaces)

...s. Among the Parsis of the cities, who were accustomed to English language literature, Haug's ideas were more often repeated than those of the Gujarati language ..."The Book of Arda Viraf", in Charles F. Horne: The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (Vol. 7). New York: Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb.

Also, sadomasochism as a sexual practice was well known in literature before the works of the Marquis de Sade. The Kama Sutra, dated roughly at t ...d on this, he found only five previous empirical studies in all scientific literature, including Spengler's. Beslow was also the first to show that non-prostitut

...omote the notion that the kappa are still very much around. In the tourist literature for the highland town of Tono, in the Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, g

...lm.com/delirium/articleview.asp?Post=110 Behemoth in the Old Testament and literature]

...England and Later Soliloquies. This particular soliloquy considers English literature as an indirect form of self-expression in which the English writer "will dr

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....theoi.com/Daimon/Keres.html Theoi Project, Keres] references in classical literature

...st]]" or "[[hobgoblin]]", dating to around 1505 and popularised in English literature around the 19th century through the works of Scottish poets like Robert Bur

Hermanubis also appears in the alchemical and hermetical literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ===Literature===

...nant’s heart. However, unlike what is portrayed in the movies and popular literature, a stake through the heart doesn’t actually kill the Vampire, but immobil

Dragons are very popular characters in fantasy literature, role-playing games and video games today. ...ave a snake-like dragon connotations of evil. Generally speaking, Biblical literature itself did not portray this association (save for the [[Book of Revelation]

...Danse Macabre'', which chronicles several decades of notable works in both literature and cinema. He also writes stories outside the horror genre, including the ...escribed King's work as non-literature] really means is that it is not the literature preferred by the academic-literary elite."

...article was read by Bram Stoker, and the name became popular in fictional literature as the result of Stoker using the name in his novel Dracula.

The Vedas, the earliest comprehensive literature of the Indo-European people, contain mantras for pleasing the devas to obta

...l out of his body (B. B. 17a; compare Abraham in Apocryphal and Rabbinical Literature, and parallel references in Böklen, l.c. p. 11). Legend seizes upon the st ===Literature===

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...e Manuals, we also find connections with other stories in similar cultural literature (Kieckhefer, 43). The ceremony for conjuring a horse closely relates to th

...tting the description of shadow people have been recorded for centuries in literature. For example, in 1887, celebrated French author Guy de Maupassant pennned t

...Springs, Ohio]]. He graduated in [[1950]] with a [[Bachelor's degree]] in Literature. He got his start as a writer after winning second prize in a contest for

...dash; and ascribed this bizarre family tree to the [[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Parchments of Pnom|Parchments of Pnom]], Hyperborea's leading "[[Genealogy|

There are about nine anecdotes that are almost universal in the Vlad Dracula literature. They include the following: ...us sources prior to writing the novel, including the Library at Whitby and literature from the British Museum. It is entirely possible that his readings on Balka

Dragons are a familiar motif in Japanese art and architecture, literature, and popular culture. Some examples include:

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...nkai became popular, and kaidan increasingly became a subject for theater, literature and other arts. At this time, they began to gain certain attributes to dist

...Harleian Miscellany in 1745. Vampires had already been discussed in German literature.After Austria gained control of northern Serbia and Oltenia in 1718, offic ...ged vampire as having ruddy or dark skin, not the pale skin of vampires in literature and film. In the past, people were often malnourished and therefore thin in

...Giovanni, contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. [[Category:Modern literature]]

...ut still significant. Both of these ideas were widely accepted in academic literature and the popular press at the time. Gardner used these concepts as his centr * Anne Carson, ''Goddesses and Wise Women: The Literature of Feminist Spirituality 1980-1992 An Annotated Bibliography'' (Freedom, Ca

====Literature==== ...wnorton.com/nael/17century/topic_2/welcome.htm Norton Anthology of English Literature &ndash; Paradise Lost in Context] - Includes historical context, iconograph

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...d" assumed also the meaning of a propitious genius in [[Babylon]]ian magic literature (see Delitzsch, ''Assyrisches Handwörterbuch''. pp. 60, 253, 261, 646; Jen ==In Jewish rabbinic literature==

* In the children's novel ''[[Matilda (children's literature)|Matilda]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]], the protagonist, Matilda Wormwood, develops

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...benevolent and well liked by humans. Celtic giants also figure in Breton literature|Breton and King Arthur|Arthurian Romance (genre)|romances, and from this so

...5-1317, at a time when [[Dante]] was writing one of the greatest pieces of literature in western history and the Renaissance was just beginning, there were wides ...ubstantiated, or based on second-hand or hearsay evidence. In combing the literature he could not find a single credible eye-witness account. And, as he points

...irst great work of the Renaissance, and one of the greatest works of world literature. ===Literature===

...ny literary genres including horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. ...tales in which fantastic creatures threatened the British Empire. Invasion literature was at a peak, and Stoker's formula of an invasion of England by continenta

...ic-forum.com/saints/ncd01000.htm] During the era of the Crusades, European literature contained considerable misinformation and distortions against Islam and its

...oi.com/Khthonios/Haides.html Theoi Project, Hades] references in classical literature & ancient art

...malformed fetus. There are very few reported cases in the English-language literature of this entity. Since the discovery of this well organized and highly diffe ...to be fruitful inspiration. Homunculi can be found in centuries' worth of literature. These literary references have spawned references in modern times in film

...ings with six wings, appear as the attendants of God. Thus, the pre-exilic literature rarely mentions angels, or other superhuman beings other than God and manif ...of the doctrine of an organized hierarchy of angels belongs to the Jewish literature of the period [[200 BC]] to A.D. [[100]]. In Jewish apocalypses especially,

...the concept of elves from its mythological origins was the influence from literature. In Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare imagined elves as little peopl ...of ''elf'' and ''[[fairy]]'' for very small beings the norm. In Victorian literature, elves usually appeared in illustrations as tiny men and women with pointed

*In children's science fiction literature, Greys appear in the ''Animorphs'' book series as the metamorphosed form of

...rovide the most comprehensive insight into the demoness yet seen in Judaic literature which both echo Lilith’s Mesopotamian origins and prefigure her future as

...solutely no evidence in folklore to support this notion. In early Vampire literature (such as J. Malcolm Rymer’s ''Varney the Vampire'' or Sheridan LeFanu’s ...es the Vampire. This is a prominent theme in Vampire folklore, as well as literature and the movies.

...ot available to vampires, a tradition that has |many precedents in vampire literature. In particular, vampires who are in love (e.g., Marius and Pandora) exchang

...assessment of his work, from the upcoming Routledge Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature

*[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6960/golem.htm The Golem in Literature, Film, and Stage]

....In its simplest incarnation, mistaken identity is a classic trope used in literature, from ''[[wikipedia:Twelfth Night]]'' to ''[[wikipedia:A Tale of Two Cities

...h were seen catching fish in the Ōi River, but this name rarely appears in literature otherwise.

Sphinxes often appear in fantasy literature and role-playing games as races or species of monstrous creatures with the

...cient depictions on various archaeological artifacts. An early instance in literature was the dragon that guarded the [[Golden Fleece]] in the Voyage of the Argo

===Martians in literature===

...on in 1837 and the last reported sighting is said in most of the secondary literature to have been made in Liverpool in 1904. Later alleged sightings were report

...am''', a Kali-like bloodthirsty goddess named ''Kottravai'' appears in the literature of the period. Like Kali she has dishevelled hair, inspires fear in those w

==OCD in literature and film==

...rederick M. The Self Possessed: Deity And Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature And Civilization. Columbia University Press, 2006 (ISBN 0231137486)

The process of transmogrification is portrayed in many films and works of literature to be painful. The resulting wolf is typically cunning but merciless, and p

...nomics), but with approval from his personal tutor, he switched to English literature, which was not then a part of the curriculum offered (“A Magickal Life” ...were later seized and destroyed by British customs. [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/crowley_a_lit.html]

...e goals, nor the mystic and philosophical speculation that dominates their literature. Rather it was for their mundane contributions to the "chemical" industries