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Undine from Fairy Tale to Star Trek
Online sources identify the Paracelsus work A book on nymphs, sylphs, pygmies, and salamanders, and on the other spirits, as a posthumous publication of 1566.
The English Wikipedia article indicates a possible birth date of 1493 and a definite ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/15/2023
10 Symbols in Goose Girl
The second characteristic element, Handkerchief, intrigues me.
That cloth is a gift from mother to daughter. Is there anything that the daughter gifts the mother with?
The image looks like mother and daughter really care for one another! So ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/15/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
The third paragraph to your first subheading, Beginnings, defers to your Langham Madonna mystery wizzley.
Previously, I enjoyed reading that wizzley, so much that I intend to re-read it in conjunction with this wizzley.
But may I steal the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/15/2023
Nautical Theme Wedding Invitations
The rope image just above the second subheading, How to properly write a wedding invitation, convinces me of the beautiful teamwork of white rope with other nautical-themed wedding-party colors.
But then I found the JimmyGreen website about ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/15/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
There are no oak species regarded as holy. The statue would have been made of English oak, which is the species prevalent in Norfolk.
frankbeswick, on 11/15/2023
The man who ran to the gallows
Nothing would have happened.wordle
frankbeswick, on 11/15/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
The third paragraph under the first subheading, Beginnings, describes the Mary statue as of oak.
Would that oak have been native to the area, native to elsewhere in the British Isles or representative of a holy species from outside the British ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/14/2023
The man who ran to the gallows
The second paragraph to the second subheading, Dungeons and interrogation, mentions John Thewlis resisting a bribe from godson William Ash.
What might have happened to that godson for failing in his "mission" to alter his godfather from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/14/2023
Simone Weil, a short-lived genius
She lived to learn. What happened to books she possessed is unclear.
frankbeswick, on 11/14/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
No slippers remain in the place, for the centuries have seen to that.
frankbeswick, on 11/14/2023
In the steps of saints and druids:the way of the Celtic church
I have not an answer to this problem.
frankbeswick, on 11/14/2023
The threshold of mystery: Religious Experience
This usage seems sensible and makes sense.
frankbeswick, on 11/14/2023
Simone Weil, a short-lived genius
It's impressive the number of books that Simone Weil accessed in her quest for knowledge.
Is it known whether she purchased books or whether she read them in libraries?
Might she have had quite a book collection? In which case, what would have ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/14/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
The Iberian peninsula historically, traditionally has a similar slipper arrangement for those pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago.
There might be quite a stack-up of pilgrim slippers in both instances. There must have been some logic to how and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/14/2023
In the steps of saints and druids:the way of the Celtic church
Ragnar Jonasson's most recent mystery, Reykjavik: A Crime Story (co-authored with Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir), addresses the Reykjavik Summit of Oct. 11-12, 1986.
The Kjarvalsstadir Art Gallery competed with Hofdi House and Hotel Saga ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/14/2023