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- in some art, especially warfare. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, the protagonist princes of ancient Ayodhya, Rama and Laxman, go to the Rishi Vishvamitra ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- in the world. While it is clearly a poetic epic, it contains large tracts ... *Oinas, Felix J. 1978. Heroic epic and saga an introduction to the ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- a character from the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh. Utnapishtim ... * Best, Robert M. Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic. Enlil Press ...17 KB (2,732 words) - 18:11, 11 November 2023
- Nights) is a medieval Middle Eastern literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade (Šahrzād in Persian), a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- he saved two match points before winning in five epic sets, and an even more impressive 11-9, 6-3, 11-9 victory at the U.S. Championships, an event that ...8 KB (1,243 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- characters who appear in the Indian epic Ramayana. In the Indian epic Mahābhārata, the Kuru heir Parikṣit was enthroned ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- often at war with the East Mongols. The Oirat epic song, The Rout of Mongolian Shulum Ubushi Khong Tayiji, tells about the war between the Oirats and ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|The Old English epic ... early Germanic languages. The Old English epic Beowulf, as well as most other ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- as well as Rigvedic dialogue hymns and the Indian epic Mahabharata, while in the west, literary historians commonly suppose that Plato (c. 427 B.C.E ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4872348.stm Epic explorer crosses frozen sea ... * Russell, Dick. Eye of the Whale; Epic Passage From Baja to Siberia ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- ===Epic literature=== Arabic epic literature [[Image:Maler der Geschichte ... is usually placed in the genre of Arabic epic literature along with several ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- period, the lyric, ariel, historical, and epic poem was being developed. ===The English epic=== Even without the introduction of Neo-classical ...54 KB (8,435 words) - 08:15, 4 August 2022
- the modern Turkish people—and the Manas epic of the Kyrgyz people. ... It is composed of three basic genres: epic, folk poetry, and folklore. ...56 KB (8,547 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- During World War Two, Adams worked on creating epic photographic murals for the United States Department of the Interior. Distressed by the Japanese ...9 KB (1,266 words) - 05:14, 31 July 2023
- | Label = Capitol, MCA, Epic, Curb, ANTI | | Associated_acts = | URL = Official Website | | Notable_instruments ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- of these large-scale compositions on the epic poems of his countryman, poet ... Water Goblin," are based on the epic poems of his countryman, poet ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- his era. His signature song, "El Paso," an epic story of a gunfighter who dies in the arms of the woman for whom he has killed a man, has become ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- * Hei'an Zhuan (Epic of Darkness) is the only collection of legends in epic form preserved by a community of the Han ethnicity of China ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- was also inspired by Griffith's Civil War epic. use of large sets, elaborate costumes, and epic-sized scenes and scenery, ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 07:36, 12 January 2024
