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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles and get ready for the series soon to be streaming on Disney+ with this first installment in the adventures of the Grace children.After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion theyve just moved into, the Grace children - Jared,Simon and Mallory - discover that theres a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own- the world of faerie.The children want to share what they know, but the faeires will do everything possible to stop their secrets being revealed...
CHILDREN'S FICTION --- FANTASY FICTION --- FAIRIES --- SIBLINGS --- SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES --- JUVENILE FICTION --- (1920-1941) --- Birds --- Description and travel --- Field notes --- Macmillan, Lindsay --- Scientific Expeditions --- Travel --- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu
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This fully illustrated volume, including an eight-page colour-plate section, is the first in-depth study in English to examine the warrior and shamanic characteristics and significance of tengu in the martial art culture ( bugei ) of Muromachi Japan (1336-1573). According to Roald Knutsen, who is widely known for his writings on the samurai tradition, prompting his life-long study of tengu – the part-human, part-animal creatures – was the early discovery that the tengu of the Muromachi period were interacting with the deadly serious bugei masters teaching the arts of war. Here were beings who did not conform to the comic, goblin-like creatures of common folklore and were not the creations of the Buddhist priests intent on demonizing that which they did not understand and could not control. As this study shows, the part-hidden tengu under review passed on and taught the clearest theory of tactics and strategy to bushi of the highest calibre, the absorption and mastery of which often decided if the warrior and his clan lived or were annihilated on the all-too-frequent killing grounds of the Muromachi age. Tengu will be widely welcomed in many contexts including studies relating to martial arts, religion and folklore, shamanism and mythology, and the social and military history of Japan.
Tengu. --- Shamanism --- Martial arts --- Religions --- Long-nosed goblin --- Tengu (Japanese goblin) --- Fairies --- Ghouls and ogres --- History. --- Japan --- Social life and customs --- Nationalism --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Nationalisme --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- History --- Histoire --- Germany --- Japon --- Allemagne --- Foreign relations --- Relations extérieures
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In part a sequel to his earlier Death and Fantasy, William Gray's Fantasy, Art and Life: Essays on George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson and Other Fantasy Writers examines the ways in which "Life" in its various senses is affirmed, explored and enhanced through the work of the creative imagination, especially in fantasy literature. The discussion includes a range of fantasy writers, but focuses chiefly on two writers of the Victorian period, George MacDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson, who...
Fantasy fiction, English --- Fantasy fiction, Scottish --- Scottish fantasy fiction --- Scottish fiction --- History and criticism. --- MacDonald, George, --- Stevenson, Robert Louis, --- Stevenson, R. L. --- Shih-ti-wen-sheng, --- Stivenson, Robert Lui, --- Sŭtʻibŭnsŭn, R. L., --- Sitivensin, Robert Loui, --- Stivenson, Robert Lʹi︠u︡is, --- Stivensoni, Robert Luis, --- Sṭivanasana, Āra. Ela., --- Sṭivansana, Āra. Ela., --- Stivenson, R. L. --- Стивенсон, Роберт Луис, --- Стивенсон. Р. Л., --- סטיבנסון, רוברט לואיס --- סטיבנסון, רוברט לואיס, --- סטיבנסון, רוברט לואס --- סטיבנסון, ר״ל, --- סטיבנסון, ר. ל. --- סטיווענסאן, ראבערט ל. --- סטיװענסאן, ראבערט לואיס, --- 史蒂文森罗伯特·路易斯, --- R.L. スティーブンソン, --- R.L.スティーヴンソン, --- R. L. S. --- RLS --- S., R. L. --- Author of Dealings with fairies, --- Author of Ranald Bannerman, --- Dealings with fairies, Author of, --- Mac Donald, George, --- Ranald Bannerman, Author of, --- מקדונלד, ג׳ורג׳ --- Stevenson, Robert Louis --- Fantasy fiction, English History and criticism --- History and criticism --- MacDonald, Geo.,
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A la fin du XIIe siècle se répand en France et en Angleterre une poésie inspirée par les contes et légendes dits de Bretagne. Suscitant un engouement extraordinaire, elle se propage bientôt dans toute l’Europe. Les aventures chevaleresques de ces lais et romans sont imprégnées de surnaturel : des fées issues de l’Autre Monde (Morgane, Mélusine, pour ne citer que les plus fameuses) se lient à des héros (Arthur, Lancelot), qui ont parfois eux-mêmes pour pères de mystérieux fairy knights, ou chevaliers faés. Loin de recueillir les vestiges d’une antique mythologie païenne, comme on l’a longtemps cru, ces féeries sont l’expression d’un imaginaire de la mort hérité, certes, de traditions anciennes (germaniques aussi bien que celtiques) mais qui continue d’être largement partagé et renouvelé par la société médiévale laïque, seigneurs comme paysans, en dépit des clercs. Elles nous renseignent implicitement sur la façon dont on se représente alors une mauvaise mort, comment y échapper et s’assurer une bonne mort, ou encore dont on peut entretenir des relations avec les morts tant qu’on est vivant. En relisant et comparant ces récits et ces « cycles » à la lumière de l’anthropologie historique, Laurent Guyénot éclaire du même coup cette culture principalement orale, laïque et pourtant religieuse à sa manière, dont les ouvrages latins des lettrés ne nous ont transmis qu’une idée partielle et partiale.
Lays --- Fairy poetry, French --- Fairy poetry, English --- Arthurian romances --- French poetry --- English poetry --- Fairies in literature. --- Marvelous, The, in literature. --- Lais --- Fées --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Poésie française --- Poésie anglaise --- Fées dans la littérature --- Merveilleux dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Marvelous, The, in literature --- Fantasy in literature --- Tales --- Merveilleux --- --Littérature --- --Conte --- --Bretagne --- --Mort --- --Histoire des mentalités --- --Literature, Medieval --- Death in literature. --- Literature, Medieval --- Fées --- Poésie française --- Poésie anglaise --- Fées dans la littérature --- Merveilleux dans la littérature --- Anthropologie --- Cycle arthurien --- Mythes --- --Lays --- Tales - France - Brittany --- Littérature --- Conte --- Mort --- Histoire des mentalités --- Bretagne --- Littérature anglaise --- Littérature française --- Merveilleux (littérature) --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) --- Thèmes, motifs --- Avant 1500 --- --Thèmes, motifs --- Moyen âge --- Dans la littérature --- --Moyen âge --- Littérature anglaise --- Littérature française --- Merveilleux (littérature) --- --Moyen âge --- Dans la littérature --- Thèmes, motifs --- --Thèmes, motifs --- Moyen âge
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