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Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.

Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.
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Grimm Brothers' Home Page compiled by D. L. Ashliman © 1999-2013 Contents Return to: Chronology of their life 1785. 1786. The children of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and Dorothea GrimmFriedrich Hermann Georg Grimm (1783-1784) Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863) Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859) Carl Friedrich Grimm (1787-1852) Ferdinand Philipp Grimm (1788-1844) Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790-1863) Friedrich Grimm (1791-1792) Charlotte (Lotte) Amalie Hassenpflug, neé Grimm (1793-1833) Georg Eduard Grimm (1794-1795) 1791. 1796. 1798. 1802. 1803. 1806. 1808. 1812. 1814. 1816, 1818. 1819. 1825. 1829-1830. 1837-1841. 1842-1852. 1859. 1863. Return to the table of contents. What they wrote In addition to the works listed below, the Grimms (especially Jacob) wrote many substantive articles, reviews, forewords, and chapters, and published numerous editions and translations. Major joint publications of the "Brothers Grimm" The Grimms' first collection of folktales was not published during their lifetime. Major individual works of Jacob Grimm 1.

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Witches and Witchcraft - Glendowie College Author Biography David Nash is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University and has worked extensively in the area of blasphemy, blasphemous libel and religious crime/law for over fifteen years. He is acknowledged as the world expert in this area. He is a panel member of the Centre for Legal Research and Policy Studies (Oxford Brookes University) and a member of the Academic Board of the Galleries of Justice Museum of Law Punishment and Policing (Nottingham). He has given advice to MPs and gave evidence to the recent House of Lords Select Committee on religious offences. Description Explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it, the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century obsession that spawned witch-hunting, the eventual decline of witchcraft, and the phenomenon's fascinating 'afterlife' that has involved the Nazis' fixation and modern treatments including Arthur Miller's acclaimed The Crucible.)

If the rest of this years movie posters told the truth It's been far too long since our last movie poster TRUTH-BOMBING: here's a round-up of the remaining movies that have dodged our rapist rapier wit so far this year. Attention Stumblers! We have a new feature we think you'll like: If 2012's Oscar posters told the truth. In conclusion, I have far too much time on my hands. Attention Stumblers! Isis, Egyptian Goddess of Magic and Life Isis, the Egyptian goddess of rebirth remains one of the most familiar images of empowered and utter femininity. The goddess Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky. Isis was born on the first day between the first years of creation, and was adored by her human followers. Unlike the other Egyptian goddesses, the goddess Isis spent time among her people, teaching women how to grind corn and make bread, spin flax and weave cloth, and how to tame men enough to live with them (an art form on which many of us would welcome a refresher course!) Isis taught her people the skills of reading and agriculture and was worshipped as the goddess of medicine and wisdom. More than any other of the ancient Egyptian goddesses, Isis embodied the characteristics of all the lesser goddesses that preceded her. The goddess Isis, a moon goddess, gave birth to Horus, the god of the sun. The search took Isis to Phoenicia where she met Queen Astarte.

Wandering mind not a happy mind | Harvard Gazette - StumbleUpon People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone Web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects’ thoughts, feelings, and actions as they went about their lives. The research, by psychologists Matthew A. “A human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind,” Killingsworth and Gilbert write. Unlike other animals, humans spend a lot of time thinking about what isn’t going on around them: contemplating events that happened in the past, might happen in the future, or may never happen at all. To track this behavior, Killingsworth developed an iPhone app that contacted 2,250 volunteers at random intervals to ask how happy they were, what they were currently doing, and whether they were thinking about their current activity or about something else that was pleasant, neutral, or unpleasant.

What Is Witchcraft? by Amina Sharma "I tried to encourage all my friends to read the Harry Potter books, but all they said was aren't they evil and have a lot of witchcraft in them . . ." -- FamilyEducation.com Message Boards Why Do People Fear Witchcraft? Witchcraft of one sort of another has been practiced in many cultures for thousands of years -- witches are shamans, priests and priestesses, historians, teachers, gods, and healers. (Some people who were considered witches include Greek philosopher Pythagoras, Roman poet Virgil, and Swiss physician Paracelsus.) But Western culture's fear of witches dates back to the 1400s, when they were first persecuted in Europe. What Do Witches Do? The targets of these attacks were often old women who were unmarried or widowed, and lived alone with small animals for pets. Witchcraft Today The scourge on magic-making bypassed India, Brazil, Thailand, Tibet, and other countries where it is still practiced and respected.

10 Brilliant Quotes to Keep Your Workout Motivation Share We all strive for motivation and tend to forget our goals and desired outcome, sometime we don’t even set goals.“Outcome, Purpose and Action” break down your goals and you’ll find yourself achieving them. Enjoy these quotes and start or speed up your fitness routine. Share this page with your friends, remember sharing is caring and who knows maybe you change somebody’s life today. Tagged as: fit quotes, healthy lifestyle, running motivation, weight loss motivation Witchcraft, Wicca This is an archived entry. It is relevant, but no longer updated. See also our newer resources on Witchcraft Witchcraft, or Wicca, is a form of neo-Paganism. This is a diverse movement that knows no central authority. Note that while all witches are pagans, not all pagans are witches. Wicca. Witch. Witchcraft, (Also known as wicca, the craft, or the craft of the wise. ) An antidogmatic, antiauthoritarian, diverse, decentralized, eclectic, experience-based, nature-oriented religious movement whose followers are polytheists and/or pantheists, and/or panentheists, and in some sense believe in or experience and/or invoke and/or worship the Mother Goddess and generally here consort, the Horned God, as well. As Craig Hawkins points out in Goddess Worship, Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism , Wicca prides itself in being a diverse movement. This "create your own religion" approach contributes to the movements's popularity, as does the media's portrayal of Wicca: (...) How To Share The Gospel With Pagans

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Witchcraft in Salem Village: Intersections of Religion and Society, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center Witchcraft in Salem Village: Intersections of Religion and Society Brief excerpts from referenced books: from Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974), 103, 104, 105, 109. To understand this intensity [of the emotions underlying the trials], we must recognize the fact—self-evident to the men and women of Salem Village—that what was going on was not simply a personal quarrel, an economic dispute, or even a struggle for power, but a mortal conflict involving the very nature of the community itself. The fundamental issue was not who was to control the Village, but what its essential character was to be… Given the social assumptions which prevailed in seventeenth-century New England, it was a perfectly normal procedure for a town to rid itself of deviant or threatening individuals—by changing them if possible, by exile or execution if necessary. from John P. from Carol F. from David D.

More random facts {Part 2} - StumbleUpon Posted on February 10, 2012 in Humor If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post (3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5) Loading ... So... Check this out on our Partner Network Salem: Witchcraft Hysteria@nationalgeographic.com Salem’s time to kill—all the more tragic for its theological roots—claimed 25 lives. Nineteen “witches” were hanged at Gallows Hill in 1692, and one defendant, Giles Cory, was tortured to death for refusing to enter a plea at his trial. Five others, including an infant, died in prison. Each of the four rounds of executions deepened the dismay of many of the New Englanders who watched the witchcraft hysteria run its course. Gov. In May 1693 Phips pardoned all those who were still in prison on witchcraft charges. The time to heal fell under the gentle hand of the Reverend Joseph Green, who in 1697 succeeded Samuel Parris as minister in Salem Village. Massachusetts as a whole repented the Salem witch-hunt in stages. The events presented in this feature were all real, as were the quotations (edited for clarity). Click to continue.

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