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Wild Hunt: Encyclopedia - Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt was a folk myth prevalent in former times across Northern Scandinavia, Germany and Britain. The fundamental premise in all ...
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Brood Comics: Encyclopedia - Brood Comics
The Brood are a fictional race of evil extraterrestrial insect-like beings that has appeared in many Marvel Comics. First appearing in Un...
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Childhood's End: Encyclopedia - Childhood's End
Childhood's End is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1953, and a version with a new first chapt...
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Lamarckism: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamarckism - History
Developed in the early 19th century, Lamarckism held that traits acquired (or diminished) during the lifetime of an organism can be passe...
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Wild Hunt: Encyclopedia Ii - Wild Hunt - Origins
As Kris Kershaw has exhaustively documented (Kershaw 2001), the ritual reenactment of the Wild Hunt was a cultural phenomenon documented ...
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Childhood's End: Encyclopedia Ii - Childhood's End - Similar Themes In Other Literature
The idea of humanity reaching an end point through transformation to a higher form of existence is reminiscent of the belief held by some...
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Brood Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Brood Comics - Brood Species
Brood comics - Physical characteristics.
Despite their resemblance to insects, the Brood have endoskeletons as well as exoskeletons. Al...
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Lamarckism: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamarckism - Lamarckism And Single Celled Organisms
While Lamarckism has been discredited as an evolutionary influence for larger lifeforms, some scientists controversially argue that it ca...
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Wild Hunt: Encyclopedia Ii - Wild Hunt - Middle Ages
Medieval legends are mostly from Germany. Historical figures reported to have participated in the Wild Hunt were St. Guthlac (683-714), a...
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Wild Hunt: Encyclopedia Ii - Wild Hunt - Post-medieval Legend
The Wild Hunt is known from post-medieval folklore of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and to a lesser extent Norway.
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Wild Hunt: Encyclopedia Ii - Wild Hunt - Cultural References
William Butler Yeats evoked the Wild Hunt in "The Hosting of the Sidhe", the opening poem in his collection inspired by Gaelic faery lore...
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