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A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
Man does not live by bread alone; Man proposes, heaven disposes; Manners maketh man; Many a little makes a mickle; Many a mickle makes a muckle; Many a true word is spoken in jest; Many hands make light work; March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb; Marriages are made in heaven [17] [18] [19] Marry in haste, repent at leisure
The word hippogriff, also spelled hippogryph, [2] is derived from the Ancient Greek: ἵππος híppos, meaning "horse", and the Italian grifo meaning "griffin" (from Latin: gryp or grypus from Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps), which denotes another mythical creature, with the head of an eagle and body of a lion, that is purported to be the father of the hippogriff.
David Puts is an associate professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who has studied the evolutionary bases of human sexuality.In 2017 he was asked if "tall, dark and handsome" is universally attractive in the human experience and he stated that not enough cross-cultural work had been conducted to be very confident in the concept's scientific validity.
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Generally, a tall, dark-haired male is preferred over a light-haired man or a woman. There are regional variations about the hair colour of the first-foot, although generally they must be male. [7] In East Yorkshire, the first-footer should be dark-haired, but according to the North York Moors first-footers should be fair-haired. [8]
The black horse is also a magical mount capable of speech in a tale from the More Celtic Fairy Tales, [205] and a young man who has learned to metamorphose in a Russian folk tale by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev. [206] In British folklore, the leprechaun Puck sometimes takes on the appearance of the black horse to frighten people. [207]
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