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Thank you!
Your example of three different lists, with three different orientations is most helpful.
(And why wouldn't it be from the author of wizzlies on fairy tales? (Albert Einstein recommended reading fairy tales for intelligenter ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/22/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
The computer crashed before I could continue my somewhat related, somewhat unrelated comments concerning family history.
It's my understanding that Sir Thomas and his first wife, Jane Colt, left no issue.
Might there be extant descendants of a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/22/2023
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, on 09/22/2023
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, on 09/22/2023
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, on 09/22/2023
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, on 09/22/2023
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, on 09/21/2023
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, on 09/21/2023
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, on 09/21/2023
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, on 09/21/2023
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, on 09/20/2023
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, on 09/20/2023
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, on 09/20/2023
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, on 09/20/2023
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, on 09/20/2023