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    The Legend Of Prince

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    “The Legend of Prince” Although Prince wasn’t completely respected and established until 1979‚ he began his long‚ notable career in 1975. Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7‚ 1958. The legend was named after the Prince Roger Trio‚ a jazz band his father preformed in as a pianist. In 1975 Prince started a funk band‚ 94 East‚ in Minneapolis with his cousin’s husband. The group was named after Interstate 94‚ the eighth longest interstate which connects the Great Lakes. 94 East disbanded when Prince

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    Monster Legend

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    Monster Legend Jeffery Jerome Cohen writes in his essay Monster Culture (Seven Theses) that cultures can be understood by the monsters they have. Through seven theses‚ he argues for the importance of monsters and reaches a conclusion that monsters can define a culture. These creatures of the imagination are born from fears of the unknown and desires of the forbidden. They are the vampires and zombies‚ ghosts and goblins‚ dragons and demons that invade fantasy and fiction‚ dominating novels

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    legend of the Earthquake

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    legend of the Earthquake Once upon a time‚ it was a dark and ominous day and trouble was arising in the underworld. Shiva the goddess of death and destruction had finally finished her mighty plans to take back what was rightfully hers. her plan was to swoop in from behind the city of peace ‚ and raid the museum of everything sweet and sour and steel the orb of tranquillity. Though to her surprise when she arose from the cavern of raw meat‚ Their awaited Johnny Mon Soony and Snoop Dogg. The most

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    The Arthurian Legends

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    The Arthurian legend is mainly known for the love triangles‚ but many of them have sad or tragic endings. One of the most well known and famous love triangles is among King Arthur‚ Guinevere‚ and Lancelot. Another love triangle many people know is the one between Uther‚ Igraine‚ and Gorlois. There is also a love triangle that isn’t as popular as the other two‚ but is still well known. That love triangle is between King Mark‚ Iseult‚ and Tristan. In many of love triangles‚ there is always a tragedy

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    Coin's origin

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    The origins of coinage Lydia and the earliest coins  According to the Greek historian Herodotus‚ writing in the fifth century BC‚ the Lydians were the first people to have used gold and silver coinage. He was almost correct. The earliest coins are found mainly in the parts of modern Turkey that formed the ancient kingdom of Lydia‚ but are made from a naturally occurring mixture of gold and silver called electrum. These coins were first produced in the seventh century BC and had a design on one

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    The Arthurian Legend

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    Throughout the Arthurian legend‚ Arthur learns different lessons by turning into various animals‚ helping him become a better king in the future. Arthur meets a magician‚ Merlyn who becomes his mentor and teaches him to treat people with respect and kindness by showing him the lives of diverse animals. He starts out as a naive stranger to the vast world of governing but through these valuable experiences‚ he becomes familiar with rule. Beginning on a hot summer day‚ Arthur and his new tutor meet

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    The Legend of Rome

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    The Legend of Rome Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. Their father was Mars‚ the God of War‚ their mother was Rhea Silvia‚ a vestal virgin and daughter of the King‚ Numitor. Numitor’s brother‚ Amulius‚ had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. When the boys were born‚ Amulius seized them‚ put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. He hoped

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    myths and legends

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    psychology‚ customs‚ or ideals of society. Definition of legend A legend is an unverified story which has been passed on from person-to-person. A legend usually includes an element of truth‚ or is based on historic facts‚ but with ’mythical qualities’. Legends usually involve heroic characters or fantastic places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs of the culture in which they originate. Difference between myth and legend Legends are generally stories‚ which have an actual historical event

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    The Origin of Yankee

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    fictional stories have also been created describing its origin. One known story as believed by Virginians is that the word Yankee derived from the Cherokee word “eankke” and was said to have the definition of slave or coward. This theory has since been rejected by Oscar G Sonneck of the Librarian of Congress after a thorough study and being unable to prove any such Cherokee word exists. (The Encyclopedia Brittannica Inc.‚) Regardless of its origin Yankee is a term that has developed in to geographical

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    Navajo‚ the Code Talkers The Navajo code talkers took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific on Guadalcanal‚ Tarawa‚ Peleiu‚ and Iwo Jima from 1942 to 1945. They served in all six Marine divisions‚ Marine parachute units and Marine Raider battalions‚ transmitting important messages by radio and telephone in their native language—a code that the Japanese never broke during the war. Philip Johnston‚ a former missionary’s son who once lived on the Navajo Reservation was

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