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Skinner published collections of myths, legends and folklore from across the United States, including its territories, and North America. Skinner hoped that America's progress would transform the nation's few legends into few but great ones — "as time goes on the figures seen against the morning twilight of our history will rise to more commanding stature."
In AD 362, the emperor Julian wrote in his Hymn to King Helios that the Agon Solis was held in late December, between the end of the Saturnalia and the New Year. [54] Julian says it is dedicated to Helios and the "Invincible Sun". [55] Most scholars therefore date the festival to December 25 and associate it with the Natalis Solis Invicti. [56]
1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.
32 December Quotes to Get in the Holiday Spirit Ksenia Valyavina - Getty Images. With its biting cold and festive flurries, there's no mistaking the arrival of December! The last month of the year ...
“The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.” — Joan Rivers “Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that ...
December 12, 2023 at 1:54 AM The Grinch In the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' beloved children's storybook, Benedict Cumberbatch brings the mean ol' Grinch to life in the best retelling since Boris ...
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863) Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic work of popularized mythology, the standard for more than a century and still in print. The compilation, assembled posthumously by Edward Everett Hale , includes various stories belonging to the mythological traditions known as the Matter of Rome ...