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Saint Kentigern Saint Kentigern
Kentigern, St (d. 612), monk and bishop, evangelist of Strathclyde and Cumbria, and associated particularly with Glasgow; he is said to have been the illegitimate grandson of a British prince, and is also known by his pet name of Mungo. His later legends include the story that when the queen was... Read more
William Tell William Tell
William Tell legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss forest cantons. Gessler, the canton's Austrian bailiff, decreed that Swiss citizens must remove their hats before his hat, which he had posted on a stake in the canton's largest town. Tell refused... Read more
The Merry Widow The Merry Widow
Merry Widow, The (1907). Operetta had all but passed from the American scene after the earlier great epochs of French opéra bouffe, English comic opera, and Middle‐European operetta had died out in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Almost single‐handedly, this Franz Lehar operetta... Read more
Tea Bag Tea Bag
Tea Bag Background Tea has existed as a beverage since 2000 B.C.The brewing, serving, and drinking of tea are time-honored rituals throughout the world. While there is general agreement that the tea trade began in China, both China and India lay claim to discovering... Read more
Popol Vuh Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh The Popol Vuh is the most important source of information on the mythology of the ancient Maya. A sacred book of the Quiché Maya of Guatemala, it was written down in the mid-1500s. A Spanish priest discovered the Popol Vuh manuscript in the early 1700s. After copying the text, he... Read more
Sebastian Brant Sebastian Brant
Sebastian Brant , 1457-1521, German humanist and moralist. He taught law at the Univ. of Basel and in 1503 became town clerk of Strasbourg. His verse allegory Das Narrenschiff [ship of fools] (1494) became world famous. Illustrated with woodcuts, it went through six editions in Brant's lifetime... Read more
Orton Orton
Orton A spirit alluded to by the historian, Jean Froissart (1338-ca.1410) as the familiar of the Lord of Corasse. According to legend a clerk whom his lordship had wronged had the spirit torment his superior, but through conversation the Lord of Corasse won the spirit over and Orton became his... Read more
The Odyssey The Odyssey
Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War*. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon*, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame... Read more
Tristram Tristram
Tristram, blank‐verse dramatic narrative by E.A. Robinson, published in 1927 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize. It belongs with Lancelot and Merlin in the author's Arthurian trilogy.Prince Tristram of Lyonesse, wounded in combat in Ireland, is nursed to health by Princess Isolt. He tells his... Read more
Tantalus Tantalus
Tantalus , in Greek mythology, king of Sipylos, son of Zeus and father of Pelops and Niobe. He was admitted to the society of the gods, but his abominable behavior aroused their anger, and Zeus condemned him to suffer eternally at Tartarus. One legend says that he had divulged divine secrets and... Read more

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