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A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". [1] In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual).
Hulda Garborg. Hulda Garborg (née Bergersen, 22 February 1862 – 5 November 1934) was a Norwegian writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer, and theatre instructor.. She was married to Arne Garborg, and is today perhaps best known for kindling interest in the bunad traditi
Huldah" derives from the Hebrew lemma חלד, meaning to abide or to continue. [3] The Huldah Gates in the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount are named for her. [4] Holyland Model of Jerusalem, to the south of the Temple Mount, a pyramidal building represents the supposed tomb of the prophetess Huldah. However, archaeological excavations have ...
[4] [5] The quality and difficulty of the translation was cited as impeding the adoption of Kristin Lavransdatter into standard literature of the English-speaking world. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] Some reviewers have positively cited the Archer and Scott translation; [ 8 ] Brad Leithauser , writing in The New York Review of Books , said that their ...
Book 4: Descriptio insularum aquilonis: Geographical description of Northern Europe M. Adami epilogus ad Liemarum episcopum : A dedication to bishop Liemar in hexameters The text is one of the most important sources of Northern German and Scandinavian history and geography in the Viking Age and the beginning High Middle Ages .
In The Fourth Book of Pantagruel (in French, Le quart-livre de Pantagruel; the original title is Le quart livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel [9]), Rabelais picks up where The Third Book ended, with Pantagruel and companions putting to sea for their voyage toward the Divine Bottle, Bacbuc (which is the Hebrew word for ...
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson or An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man is the first volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. The All and Everything trilogy also includes Meetings with Remarkable Men (first published in 1963) and Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' (first ...
Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History (1959; second edition 1985) is a book by the American classicist Norman O. Brown, in which the author offers a radical analysis and critique of the work of Sigmund Freud, tries to provide a theoretical rationale for a nonrepressive civilization, explores parallels between psychoanalysis and Martin Luther's theology, and draws on ...