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The nuckelavee chasing an islander, painting by James Torrance (1859–1916). The nuckelavee (/ n ʌ k l ɑː ˈ v iː /) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" [1] of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The ...
A nuggle, njuggle, or neugle, is a mythical water horse of primarily Shetland folklore where it is also referred to as a shoepultie or shoopiltee on some parts of the islands.
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Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990) was a versatile Hindi poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist. Nirmal Verma (1929–2005), one of the founders of the Nai Kahani literary movement. Kamleshwar (1932–2007), author of Kitne Pakistan .
The nuckelavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that combines equine and human elements. The name of this most horrible of all the demons of the Scottish islands may have the same root as Old Nick (the Devil). Though accounts describing the creature's appearance are inconsistent, its abilities are well-documented.
First Gujarati novel. Depicts story of Karna, the last ruler of the Vaghela dynasty who was defeated by Alauddin Khalji in 1298. Mrinalini: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: 1869 Bengali: Maharastra Jibanprabhat: Romesh Chandra Datta: 1871 Bengali: Mochangad: Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar: 1871 Marathi: First Marathi historical novel.
Chandradhar Sharma Guleri (7 July 1883 – 11 September 1922) was a writer and scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali from Jaipur, India.He was born in Jaipur and his father belongs to Guler village in Himachal Pradesh hence "Guleri" at the end of the name (as a tribute to his point of origin).
Old Hindi [a] or Khariboli was the earliest stage of the Hindustani language, and so the ancestor of today's Hindi and Urdu. [2] It developed from Shauraseni Prakrit and was spoken by the peoples of the region around Delhi , in roughly the 10th–13th centuries before the Delhi Sultanate .