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Reformation Divided: a review

Your second paragraph to the first subheading, Part one, causes me to consider something genealogical that's somewhat related, somewhat unrelated. Sir Thomas More's second wife's married named perseveres on both sides of the Atlantic pond. ...

DerdriuMarriner, 11 days ago

Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes

The title The brave little tailor intrigues me. Is there anything anywhere to indicate whether "little" is being used as an affectionate diminutive that is not related to body shape or size or whether it is being used because someone short in ...

DerdriuMarriner, 11 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

Druid biogeography, culture, religion and spirituality appear thoughtful, full of thinking about what went before, what is and what will be. Is there any indication anywhere as to how Druid individuals, such as Brigid in this case here, got ...

DerdriuMarriner, 11 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

Druids were an intellectual religious group that provided a counter to the intellectual powers operating in the ancient world, and they sought great breadth of understanding.

frankbeswick, 11 days ago

Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes

I don't know if Marianne Stokes knew about the rule of threes but I am sure she used it just like most of us do.

Tolovaj, 12 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

Thank you! In particular, I like your mentioning the darkness -- like the whole Earth mourningly showed their respect for Mary, Joseph, Jesus and their God and Holy Spirit and yet it hadn't occurred to me until what you wrote -- that was ...

DerdriuMarriner, 12 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

The druids were intellectuals on a par with the Greek philosophers, and so they had had an eye on Christianity for many years.They .c-laimed to have psychic powers (my word not theirs) and so claimed to have observed the crucixion from afar. ...

frankbeswick, 12 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

There was nothing special about these people's that distinguishedbthem from other Irish, but there was something about the druidic faith that disposed many druids to convert. I am not sure what it was,but it may be the incarnation, which meant ...

frankbeswick, 12 days ago

10 Similarities of Myth of Persephone with a Fairy Tale Red Riding Hood

Demeter was a goddess of agriculture, so in a way, she ruled all living beings in the world. I call that an ultimate superpower. Well, until the underworld stays out ...

Tolovaj, 13 days ago

10 Differences Between The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm

No, I never found such a connection, DerdriuMarriner. I believe the library in Paris was Perrault's best resource and that library for sure had a copy of Pentamerone.

Tolovaj, 13 days ago

Benefits of Web 2.0

I checked hundreds of such lists and none is 100% reliable for several reasons. I learned a hard lesson to trust only my own experiments which proved to be stressful and time-consuming but so is life, isn't it? If you really need to start with ...

Tolovaj, 13 days ago

Pentamerone, or The Tale of Tales

Yes, sometimes, authors were known by their pen names or other 'false' identities, at least to a certain part of the audience. Even Charles Perrault published his masterpiece under the name of his son.

Tolovaj, 13 days ago

Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

Thank you! I look forward to your answer even as I already watch this and your other wizzley spaces ;-D!

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes

Your wizzley on Marianne Stokes includes her rendition of the coffin scene of Snow White. That scene involves only three of the seven dwarfs. Is it possible that Marianne Stokes was acquainted with the rule of threes?

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Reformation Divided: a review

Probably not, there is no evidence of Waldensian immigration into Britain.

frankbeswick, 13 days ago