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  1. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    23: ... killed Gildas' brother Hueil, a pirate on the [[Isle of Man]].
    35: ...] and [[Layamon]]— who then expanded on the tales of Arthur. One theory as to why this happened is ...
    41: ...edieval writer, [[Chré´Šen de Troyes]], recounted tales from the mythos during the mid-[[12th century]], ...
    55: ...h; "Here is buried the famous king Arthur in the Island of Avalon".
    64: ...his Post-Vulgate version, the sword's blade could slice through anything and its sheath made the weare...
  2. Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
    2: ...rneying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]...
    4: ...ven to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full...
    6: ...s. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wond...
    8: ... account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
    11: ...75,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries).
  3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
    33: ...unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]] had to crown her. The [[communion]] was celebr...
    72: ...the [[Speech to the Troops at Tilbury]]. She famously declared, "I know I have the body but of a weak ...
    74: ...s forced to return to Spain; the victory tremendously increased Elizabeth's popularity. The battle, ho...
    82: ... Earl of Salisbury|Robert Cecil]], who had previously become Secretary of State in [[1590]]. Elizabeth...
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    35: ... of all mankind," and the Declaration was unanimously adopted by the [[General Assembly]] later that n...
    41: ...t Campobello International Park] on [[Campobello Island, New Brunswick]] in [[1964]] following a gift ...
    43: ... articles for that publication. Mrs. Roosevelt's tales of her hunting excursions were well received, tho...
  5. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
    9: ...d go on to publish several other works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of sho...
    19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark)
    21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942)
    23: * ''Last Tales'' (1957)
    27: * ''Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales'' (posthumous 1977, USA)
  6. Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
    7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a n...
    11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, and Ah dare yuh tuh ...
    17: ...i]] in 1937, and presuming a scientific basis for tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later proved to be corr...
  7. Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
    6: ... Sox Barber Shop as a manicurist. There she heard tales of the world from pilots who were returning home ...
    12: ... first air show, in [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]].
  8. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    36: ...ings of [[Eminem]]'s "97' Bonnie and Clyde" and [[Slayer]]'s "Raining Blood", but panning the sprawlin...
    47: ===''Tales of a Librarian''===
    48: In [[2003]] Amos released a sonic autobiography--Tales of a Librarian-- ; (she does not believe in the t...
    51: ...rlet's Walk" tour; the CD compiled several previously Internet-exclusive B-sides from ''Scarlet's Walk...
    54: ...four songs and Amos' whirring B-3 Hammond organ. "Sleeps with Butterflies" was the first single releas...
  9. Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
    17: ...m for this end. Thereafter the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and while in an unconscious ...
    24: ==Later tales==
    40: ==Adam in Islam==
    42: ... as Adam's spouse; however, her name is given in Islamic tradition as Hawwa, as in [[Hebrew language|H...
    44: ...in [[Islam]], he is also seen as a [[Prophets of Islam|prophet]], in the sense that he was one of the ...
  10. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    15: ...m acting. Before her [[marriage]], she was previously involved with [[Clark Gable]], [[Bing Crosby]], ...
    17: ...tors in her being chosen to marry Prince Rainier. Tales were circulated that [[Monaco]] would revert to [...
  11. Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
    8: ...n episode of ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''.
  12. Banksia (1867 bytes)
    19: ...ig Bad Banksia Men]] were the [[villain]]s of her tales.
  13. Relic (11473 bytes)
    7: ...y, or that God chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of His holy servants, or both. Also...
    9: ...orks of [[Caesar of Heisterbach]]. These miracle tales made relics much sought after during the Middle A...
    11: ...sess a piece of it, so many that [[Erasmus]] famously remarked that there were enough pieces of the Tr...
    36: ...ult, while [[Plutarch]] gives accounts of the translation of the bodies of [[Demetrius]] (''Demetrius'...
  14. Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
    4: ... determined by religious [[Creation myth|creation tales]]. The [[Han Chinese]] thought the Earth was crea...
    13: ... the question of the age of the Earth to creation tales, or simply assumed that the Earth always had been...
    19: ... perpetual change, eroding and reforming continuously, and the rate of this change was roughly constan...
  15. Canada (35540 bytes)
    52: ... Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
    92: ...-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists...
    96: ...es of [[British Columbia]] in 1848 and Vancouver Island in 1849. By the late-1850s, politicians in the...
    111: ...ion (CFS) Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island – latitude 82.5°N – just 834 k...
    117: ...rld's largest tidal variations. [[Prince Edward Island]] is Canada's smallest province.
  16. Andorra (11532 bytes)
    63: ...Navarre|Navarrese]] word ''andurrial'', which translates as ''shrub-covered land''.
    77: ... Boris I, sovereign prince of Andorra, simultaneously declaring war on the bishop of Urgel. He was arr...
    87: ... into [[Executive (government)|executive]], [[legislative]], and [[judicial]] branches. Ratified and a...
    92: Andorra's main legislative body is the [[unicameral]] [[General Council...
    103: ...there is on average more snow in winter and it is slightly cooler in summer.
  17. Horus (19927 bytes)
    12: ..., known as the ''[[djeba]]'', which literally translates as ''finger'', in order to rest, which conseq...
    19: ...meaning ''Horus the Great'', but more usually translated as '''Horus the Elder'''. Meanwhile, in the s...
    31: ...r was easily inserted as the mother of the previously motherless subsequent generation of children. Ho...
    78: ... human mother. However, Pharoahs often attributed tales of divinity to themselves, and their families, an...
  18. Thoth (5655 bytes)
    3: ...looks like a crescent moon) - indeed his name translates as ''Ibis'', or sometimes depicted as a [[bab...
    7: Thoth appears in a few tales as a background figure; he aids [[Horus]] and [[I...
  19. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    37: ...archipelago]] of the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Islands]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Hawaii constitute...
    44: ...d various other measures of the Hawaii State Legislature established official symbols meant to embody...
    46: ...al stripes representing the eight major Hawaiian Islands. The constitution declares the [[state motto...
    49: ''Main article: [[Hawaiian Islands]]''
    51: ...lokai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and the Island of Hawaii.
  20. Old wives' tale (4347 bytes)
    1: ...] in [[education|school]] playgrounds. Old wives' tales often concern [[pregnancy]], [[puberty]] and [[nu...
    3: Some old wives' tales are true, and those that aren't often have roots ...
    5: ==Common old wives' tales==
    32: ==Other old wives' tales==

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