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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Legends"”.
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Dark Legends
<p>Dark Legends is a story about how five normal teens --Mya, Lei, Tamara, Kimi, and Cruz –are thrust into the dark unknown left to navigate spaces on their own with only each other to rely on. As they maneuver through this new world, they discover dark family secrets and learn about culture …
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Forge of Myths and Legends
Forge of Myths and Legends is a coming-of-age novel that explores identity, diplomacy, justice, liberation, and acceptance while pushing against the historical narrative of imperial conquest and supremacy, elevating the untold stories of myths and legends during the medieval Viking Age. The story …
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Urban Legends: Why Do People Believe Them?
… questions about why some people believe urban legends and why these legends continue to thrive in today’s society. Despite displaying the tell-tale signs of an urban legend and the number of websites and other sources available for a quick check of the legitimacy of a legend, new stories are …
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Crime Legends in Old and New Media
… A case study approach was used: three crime legends with a considerable history of public debunking were chosen. These cases were: the market in snuff films, the theft of vital organs for black-market transplant, and the abduction of children from theme park restrooms. Current versions …
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French Tragedy and Greek Legends (1680-1715)
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Legends of the lakes of Wales : thematic classification and analysis.
This paper seeks to collect as many Welsh lake legends as possible, to produce a thematic classification and to analyse each resultant category and subcategory from a historical point of view. The collection of lake stories is substantially based upon several reliable works edited during the …
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The Legends of Bigfoot: Or How I Regained My Manhood
<p>Masculinity is a culturally defined identity that exists with no single way to express it. However, the cultural politics police masculinity to appear natural and non-changing, but masculinity changes over history influenced by events and the culture from which it gets its definition. Because of …
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Archetype and Archetypal Image in Chinese Myths, Legends and Tales
This research aims to examine Chinese myths, legends and tales from the perspective of analytical psychology. Considering that analytical psychologists have paid little attention to Chinese myths and that previous studies on Chinese myths from the standpoint of analytical psychology are lacking, …
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But we have no legends : the conservation of Singapore's Chinatown
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Luck and skill in professional League of Legends (E-sports)
… e-sport leagues, found in the game League of Legends (LoL), to examine early efforts at crafting such environments. The use of "winning persistence" and Bayesian statistical analyses reveal that best-of-one matches in LoL demonstrate an overall luck-skill ratio similar to professional baseball …
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But we have no legends : the conservation of Singapore's Chinatown
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982.
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Retells and Remakes: Understanding How Horror Urban Legends Change Over Time
This study seeks to understand how horror urban legends undergo changes over time and the possible reasons for their alterations. Past researchers have yet to analyze the shifts that have occurred within the retellings of these dark tales, and through this analysis, light will be shed onto what …
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Heroes, saints, and gods: Foundation legends and propaganda in ancient and Renaissance Rome
<p>The paper investigates the way in which Roman leaders, during the classical and Renaissance periods, used foundation myths as a form of persona l propaganda. It shows that men like Julius Caesar used the supposed founders of the city to promote their own claims to power through art and …
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