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  • Old Sultan — (German: Der alte Sultan) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 48. It combined three different Aarne Thompson types: 101, the old dog rescues the child; 103, wild animals hide from an unfamiliar animal; and 104, the …   Wikipedia

  • Old Man's War —   Cover of …   Wikipedia

  • Old East Slavic — рѹсьскъ rusĭskŭ Spoken in Eastern Europe Era developed into the various East Slavic languages Language family Indo …   Wikipedia

  • Old Hildebrand — is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm s Fairy Tales as tale number 95.[1] It is Aarne Thompson type 1360C.[2] Synopsis A peasant s wife and the parson fancied each other, so the wife feigned illness, and the parson… …   Wikipedia

  • Old Yeller (1957 film) — Old Yeller VHS cover Directed by Robert Stevenson Produced by Bill Anderson …   Wikipedia

  • wife — (n.) O.E. wif woman, from P.Gmc. *wiban (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. wif, O.N. vif, Dan., Swed. viv, M.Du., Du. wijf, O.H.G. wib, Ger. Weib), of uncertain origin. Du. wijf now means, in slang, girl, babe, having softened somewhat from earlier sense of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • “Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme“ —    Poem (310 lines); begun in late 1917 but not completed until the summer of 1918. First published in Vagrant(October 1919); rpt. WT(September 1937).    The title means “Conveyer of souls [i.e., to Hades],” a somewhat peculiar title for a poem… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1394)    CHAUCER’s Wife of Bath, Alisoun, is perhaps his most original and memorable creation. Her prologue and tale form a pivotal point in the CANTERBURY TALES, inspiring responses in The CLERK’S TALE and The… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, The — (Taketori monogatari) (ca. 900–920)    The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is the first extant Japanese monogatari, or work of literary fiction. Its precise date of composition is unknown: Though some scholars say it cannot be later than 909, others… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Old English phonology — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects …   Wikipedia

  • Old wives' tale — For the English novel, see The Old Wives Tale. An old wives tale is a type of urban legend, similar to a proverb, which is generally passed down by old wives to a younger generation. Such tales usually consist of superstition, folklore or… …   Wikipedia

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