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Arminius Vambery
Vambéry, Arminius (1832-1913) Hungarian historian and world traveler who may have communicated to author Bram Stoker the facts and legends concerning the real Prince Dracula (Vlad V), who supplied the inspiration for Stoker's famous occult thriller. Stoker and Vambéry met at the... Read more |
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Bernard Rands
Bernard Rands Bernard Rands (born 1934) is a major composer and conductor in contemporary music, publishing more than 100 works in a wide range of performance genres. Born in England but now an American citizen, Rands studied in Italy under Luciano Berio, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Roman Vlad. His... Read more |
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Thor
Thor , Germanic Donar , Norse god of thunder. An ancient and highly revered divinity, Thor was the patron and protector of peasants and warriors. As a god of might and war he was represented as extremely powerful and fearless, occasionally slow-witted, armed with a magical hammer (which returned... Read more |
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Thor Industries Inc
Thor Industries, Inc. 419 West Pike StreetJackson Center, Ohio 45334-0629U.S.A.Telephone: (937) 596-6849Fax: (937) 596-6092Web site: http://www.thorindustries.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1980Employees: 3,520Sales: $894 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: THONAIC: 336214... Read more |
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puppet
puppet human or animal figure, generally of a small size and performing on a miniature stage, manipulated by an unseen operator who usually speaks the dialogue. A distinction is made between marionettes, moved by strings or wires from above, and hand puppets, in which the hand of the operator is... Read more |
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Woden
Woden , Norse Odin , in Germanic religion and mythology, the supreme god. His cult, although widespread among the Germanic tribes, was sometimes subordinated to that of his son Thor. With his brothers, Woden fashioned the earth and the sky from the dead body of the giant Ymir, and from an ash... Read more |
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Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Monzaemon Chikamatsu , 1653-1725, the first professional Japanese dramatist. Chikamatsu wrote primarily for the puppet stage in the Tokugawa shogunate. His literary work is divided into historical romances ( jidaimono ) and domestic tragedies of love and duty ( sewamono ). Author of 110 joruri ... Read more |
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Bread and Puppet Theatre
Bread and Puppet Theatre. An unconventional performing group without a distinct home, company, or financial plan, the group was founded in 1961 in New York by Peter Schumann whose philosophy is that “theatre is like bread, more like a necessity.” The troupe uses... Read more |
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Petrushka
PETRUSHKA Petrushka was a Russian puppet theater spectacle and also the name of its main character (cf. the English Punch). The play Petrushka seems to derive from a native older Russian buffoon and minstrel tradition and the Western European puppet theater tradition with its roots in the Italian... Read more |
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Loki
Loki , Norse giant (or deity) who personified evil. He hated the gods of Asgard and continually sought to overthrow them. His worst exploit was the murder of Balder , for which he was punished by Thor. It was prophesied that when Ragnarok (the doom of the gods) occurs, Loki, with the aid of his... Read more |
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