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10 Symbols in The Frog King

Frog King is not a typical example. We can still find a few somehow similar titles: Cinderella is known as Little Glass Slipper, Thumbling is known as Seven-mile Boots. Right now, I don't remember a title with so unimportant side character like ...

Tolovaj, on 04/25/2024

Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works

Artists come from all kinds of places. If there is any money in the family it can help with education but an established family business can set limitations as well.

Tolovaj, on 04/25/2024

Moorland Fires

Thank you! English Wikipedia associates fire-exploding trees with aspen and eucalyptus species. It attributes eucalyptus explosions to what you aver below. That article does not explain why aspen trees explode. What might you hypothesize?

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Taking Stock: Pope Francis at 80

Thank you! Your wizzley causes me to consider papal celebrations of their birthdays. Do they experience official celebrations and, with family and friends, personal celebrations?

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

The Crossover: a review

Two of the three book images at text end allude to a quiz nite. One image associates quiz nite with Christmas celebrations even as the other image avers Nixie-free ambiances. What is the significance of quiz nite?

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Saint Edith Stein: philosopher, Christian feminist, Auschwitz victim

The second paragraph to the first subheading, Edith's early life, advises us that "After the war she returned to academia, where she was a student of the Phenomenologist Husserl, where she wrote her first work, On the Problem of Empathy." How ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Mary Magdalene: the woman who loved much

Her name is not known. A common feminist question is what happened to the adulterous male, who was liable for punishment, but we don't know. Maybe he. was one of Herod''s officers and could be protected by his boss. Bear in mind that while the ...

frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024

Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works

Thank you! The genealogy site Geni gives few details about the Bell and Knight association of Robert Anning Bell's parents. It has listed only one sibling, Frank Knight (born 1844), for Colyton-born Mary Charlotte Knight Bell (1833-1873). It ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Mary Magdalene: the woman who loved much

Thank you for the two comments below on April 13, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day observations and questions. So Mary Magdalene answers whoever asks about the woman assailed by seven devils. Does Christian tradition associate the ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Wisdom: a forgotten concept

Certificates are considered to be at either bachelor's or masters. For example, my daughter is currently studying for a certificate in family therapy, the study for which is deemed to be at masters level, though it is notna full masters level ...

frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024

Reflections on the Crisis in the Catholic Church

The title is not a formal academic degree, but is. an ,honour given to people whom have made great contributions to Christian thought.it is awarded after death.

frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024

Wisdom: a forgotten concept

Thank you for your comment below on April 11, 2023, in answer to my previous observation and question April 10, 2023. The east-ponder educational system intrigues me. For example, where might a certificate fit within what perhaps musters as a ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Reflections on the Crisis in the Catholic Church

Thank you for your comment below on April 27, 2019. Doctor of the Church sounds like an impressive title. Would it be considered an actual degree for training and work done or an honorary degree?

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

10 Symbols in The Frog King

Thank you! An alternate title about a subordinate character appears somewhat strange to me. Did other fairy tales draw upon different characters, places and things for their alternate titles even as someone other than a main character draws ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024

Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works

Thank you for the family name and the socioeconomic niches! An architect as middle class causes me to consider artist socioeconomic niches. Did the middle class describe Robert Anning Bell because of his avuncular and paternal socioeconomics ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024