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Menhirs, Dolmen, and Circles of Stone: The Folklore and Magic of Sacred Stone.(RELIGION)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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2004-017625
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Menhirs, dolmen, and circles of stone; the folklore and magic of sacred stone.
Varner, Gary R.
Algora Publishing, [c]2004
215 p.
$21.95 (pa)
Having written books on the folklore and myth of wate...
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