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Animal Real-Unreal in Traditional Conceptions of the World in Croatian Areas

open access: yesPoznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2021
Trying to interpret oneself and the other in the world, the traditional Man has established a real world and an otherworld. Specific herbal and animal attributes were ascribed to particular people who allegedly had the power to communicate between ...
Lidija Bajuk
doaj   +1 more source

Otherworld Dungeon

open access: yes, 2021
Otherworld Dungeon is an open world RPG-based game where you fight monsters and complete quests, reincarnated in a new ...
Nham, Dalton
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Einige litauische Ortssagen, bodenlose Gewässer und Frau Holle (KHM 24, ATU 480)
Nekaj litovskih legend o nastanku krajev, vodovje brez dna in Frau Holle (KHM 24, ATU 480)

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2005
The paper discusses Lithuanian legends on sunken animals and objects in lakes and swamps. Moving through a water barrier means passing into the Otherworld, as is seen in tales ATU 480, e.g. „Frau Holle“. Cows resting on the ground of waters are images of
Bernd Gliwa
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Image and Mask in the Painting by Francisco Goya: The Ontological and Axiological Aspects [PDF]

open access: yesХудожественная культура
It is widely recognized that F. Goya’s development of a picturesque manner is in the vein of his great predecessors — El Greco and D. Velázquez. However, with all the importance of the experimental novelty of this Spanish master’s technique, the ...
Loukitcheva Krassimira
doaj   +1 more source

Mulla Sadra's Philosophical-Mystical Encounter with the Problem of Death [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت معاصر, 2018
This essay seeks to explain Mulla Sadra's philosophical-mystical encounter with the problem of death. The main question of this study is the explanation of the truth of death and its aspects from Mulla Sadra’s point of view.
Einullah Khademi   +3 more
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The Cave of Crúachain and the Otherworld

open access: yes, 2014
Oweynagat (Úaimh na gCat), the cave of the cats, is a natural cave with a souterrain attached in the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. Today it is an inconspicuous monument but is famous in early literature as an entrance to the Otherworld with a
Waddell, John
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PERIODIZING GEOLOGICALLY OUTWITH (AND WITHOUT?) THE ANTHROPOCENE: PASTS, AGENCIES, AND THE TERRESTRIAL

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 344-367, September 2026.
ABSTRACT As a periodization that is generally understood to refer to an era of Terrestrial relationships that developed with modernization and nuclearization, the Anthropocene cannot be applied simply to premodern histories and texts. However, it has introduced historians to geological periodization as a mode of describing periods of changed ...
Gwenffrewi J. Morgan
wiley   +1 more source

To Leave the Land So as Not to Leave the Land: The Religious Motivations of Seasonal Migrants, Including Women, in the Twentieth Century

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This chapter seeks to answer the question as to why, even though subsistence conditions militated against continuing to eke out an existence on unproductive holdings, many inhabitants in Ireland’s western counties did just that.
E. Moore Quinn
doaj   +1 more source

We Now Walk Into the Wild: A Rewilding Dialogue

open access: yesGeo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 2, July‐December 2026.
Short Abstract This paper presents a dialogue on the meaning and uses of rewilding, with a focus on Britain, from the perspectives of an ecologist and human geographer. Traversing the concepts of historical baselines, experimental conservation, resilience, cultural understandings and autonomy, the discussion on environmental discourse emphasises the ...
Sarah Hunter, Mia Arundel
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing relational values of sacred landscapes through text mining of folktales: Insights from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2383-2392, July 2026.
Abstract Assessing relational values of nature through its cultural and spiritual significance is crucial for effective nature conservation. Folktales offer insights into traditional relationships between people and nature, and text mining is a powerful tool for extracting information from textual datasets.
Naoki Saito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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