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Ayutthaya politically followed the mandala system, commonly used throughout Southeast Asia kingdoms before the 19th century. In the 17th century, the Ayutthaya monarchs were able to frequently appoint non-natives as governors of Ayutthaya-controlled towns and cities, in order to prevent competition from its nobility.
"The Salesman's Tale" (Amberzine No. 6, by Phage Press, February 1994 and Ten Tales, edited by John Dunning, 1994) "Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains" (Wheel of Fortune, edited by Roger Zelazny, 1995) "The Shroudling and the Guisel" (Realms of Fantasy, October 1994) "Coming to a Cord" (Pirate Writings, Number 7, 1995)
The Little Mermaid is an American media franchise created by The Walt Disney Company based on "The Little Mermaid", written by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen.The success of the 1989 animated film of the same name led to a direct-to-video sequel, a prequel film, a spin-off television series, a musical, several video games, theme park attractions, and other merchandise.
An adaptation by playwright Xu Wei (d. 1593) dramatized the tale as "The Female Mulan" [note 6] or, more fully, "The Heroine Mulan Goes to War in Her Father's Place", [note 7] in two acts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Later, the character of Mulan was incorporated into the Romance of Sui and Tang , a novel written by Chu Renhuo ( 褚人獲 ).
This listing was to prove quite influential on later accounts that made the Lombards and Franks themselves into descendants of eponymous grandsons of Japheth, e.g. the Historia Brittonum (c. 833), The Meadows of Gold by al Masudi (c. 947) and Book of Roads and Kingdoms by al-Bakri (1068), the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn, and the midrashic ...
In another tale, she is said to be the daughter of a jinni (or peri) [63] and a human. [64] According to E. Ullendorff, the Quran and its commentators have preserved the earliest literary reflection of her complete legend, which among scholars complements the narrative that is derived from a Jewish tradition, [3] this assuming to be the Targum ...
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Walt Disney first adapted Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale "Cinderella" as part of his cartoon shorts series for the Laugh-O-Gram Studio in 1922. [20] He was interested in producing a second version in December 1933 as a Silly Symphony short; Burt Gillett was attached as the director while Frank Churchill was assigned as the composer. A story ...