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Overview of Legendary Old West Figure Wild Bill Hickok

In seven pages this paper examines the life and legend of James Butler, more famously known as Wilde Bill Hickok with his Union Ar...

Brazil, 'Social Democracy,' and Discrimination

its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...

The Quest of the Holy Grail Analyzed

In a paper consisting of eight pages the Grail's significance is defined along with the legends that surround it in an interpretat...

Yoda's Wit and Wisdom

The Star Wars character is examined in an overview of Yoda's wisdom with comparisons made to Chinese legends in six pages. There ...

Arthurian Legend in Bernard Cornwell's Excalibur A Novel of Arthur and John Boorman's Film Excalibur

The different Arthurian legend portrayals of this novel and film are contrasted and compared in eight pages. There are no other s...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Patriarchy, Roles of Women, and the Goddess

In five pages this report examines the Goddess global cultural stories and legends in a consideration of what they reflect in term...

High School Medieval Literature Class and King Arthur Reading Materials

In twenty pages twenty works related to the King Arthur legend and Camelot are briefly reviewed and include Le Morte d'Arthur by T...

Life and Times of Muhammad Ali

angrily told Officer Martin that he would whip the person who had stolen his bike. One has to smile at this. Even at twelve years...

Past and Present Mythology According to Joseph Campbell

the work of all the worlds peoples from the beginning of time. These truths may be presented in the cultural context in which they...

Hopi Culture and the Connection Between Mythology and Landscape

in harmony with their world. Each time, however, he was disappointed as the people began to become preoccupied with their evil wa...

Overview of Blackfoot Mythology

the creation of the world (Peardon, 2001). The term "legend" is applied to accounts which are told as true (Peardon, 2001). The ...

King Arthur the Actual Man

is claimed as the King of nearly every Celtic Kingdom known," an important fact to note considering barbarians were very much a pa...

Biography of Evita Peron

old enough to venture out on her own, Evita - whose beauty helped open many a door of opportunity - sought an acting career in Bue...

Myths and Legends Surrounding Vampires

The term "myth", on the other hand, is reserved by anthropologists and folklorists for those stories which deal with the creation ...

Arthurian Legends and the Depiction of Women

The earliest texts of Arthur skim over the women, focusing mainly on the achievements of King Arthur himself, and his success in b...

Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome and Women

who played an important role in how Greek and Roman society viewed women. The paper then discusses various mythological works and ...

Lt. Gen. James Maurice Gavin

have reacted the same given Gavins situation, or would he have stood by his command and followed through in spite of any personal ...

Ancient Egypt Religion and Mythology

land to appear with their nutrient rich soils. By day Ra sailed through the air on a boat between the sky and the earth, resting a...

Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Chaos. Gaea, the first Titan, was the earth, itself. After she emerged from the Chaos, she gave birth to her own consort, Uranus, ...

American Author Washington Irving

his long literary journey in newspapers and journals, becoming a contributor to his brothers Morning Chronicle and publishing his ...

Guinevere and Lancelot/Their Love in 2 Films

no adultery, save for stolen kisses, which of course are observed and thereby cause conflict, anguish for Arthur; exile for Lance...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Actual Life of 'the Sundance Kid'

animals on August 7, 1891; he serves as the best man at his foreman Ebb Johnsons wedding; he saves the life of his good friend Fre...

Supernatural and the Romantic in Works by Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe

before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers, of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph" (Poe). ...

The Public Personas of T.E. Lawrence

contempt he displayed for some of his fellow Englishmen, and his championing of the Arab cause as potential reasons for any media ...

Roman Mythology and Its Influence on Culture

great success was their habit of taking the best from the civilizations they conquered and incorporating it into their own. They g...

Ichabod Crane vs. Brom van Brunt

also beautiful, fruitful, and peaceful, and that more than the ghost is what we think of when we read about the lush farms, the ri...

The Lady of the Lake

Project). It appears that this particular woman is very ambiguous and according to the Camelot Project in one of the earli...

Egyptian Mythology

"power for the spiritual rebirth to take place" (Winston). The first known pyramid was built during the time of the third dynasty ...