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The Jinn – The Culprit of the Arabic World
Különleges BánásmódThe article attempts to ponder on the prevalent religious beliefs, urban (vernacular) legends, everyday customs and traditions related to the figure of the jinn and its origins.
Kinga Németh
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Altered wildfire regimes, exacerbated by unsustainable management, threaten natural ecosystem recovery post‐fire. Effective restoration requires timely fire impact assessments and tailored, evidence‐based management. While fire databases and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) frameworks partially support decision‐making, a ...
Irina Cristal +4 more
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Sewer Alligators: Urban Legends as Cognitive Maps
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Following the reports of sewer alligators in the 1930s, the story has built up over the decades and become a bona fide urban legend. These (reports) are based upon stories of alligator, and other wild animal sightings in rather unorthodox locations ...
Ljubomir Hristić
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Časopis za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti Foo2rama, 2021 Rad se bavi istraživanjem popularnosti američkih urbanih legendi. Urbana legenda ili mit vrsta je modernog folklora koja se sastoji od priča u čiju se istinitost vjeruje iako zvuče nevjerojatno te govori o običajima današnjeg vremena. Izraz urban odnosi se na vremensko određenje i njime se označavaju mitovi i legende koji opstaju u modernom svijetu, a ...
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In the late fifteenth century, the Hungarian royal court at Buda was home to a cosmopolitan community of humanists. In early modern historiography, this cultural milieu has often been interpreted as one of the new, emergent ‘centres’ of the Renaissance in East Central Europe.
Eva Plesnik
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Tessituras: Revista de Antropologia e Arqueologia, 2014 This article reflects on one of the projects related to audiovisual language with anthropological research conducted from the "Cities, neighborhoods and memories: spatial perception, stories from the city of Sobral / CE, told by its residents".
Sheila Ramos da Silva +2 more
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The Fable of the Keiretsu, and Other Tales of Japan We Wish Were True [PDF]
Most of what we collectively think we know about the Japanese economy is urban legend. In fact -- * The keiretsu do not exist, and never did. An entrepreneurial "research institute" in the 1950s created the rosters to sell to Marxist economists looking ...
J. Mark Ramseyer, Yoshiro Miwa
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Studia Ethnologica Pragensia, 2018 The article analyses phenomenon of the “exemplary stories” — apocryphal anecdotes often told at parties as realistic stories which supposedly really happened, but which are in fact variants of socially quite widespread, sometimes even international ...
Véronique Campion-Vincent
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Identifying the drivers of chronic stress is crucial for understanding its impact on mental health. Latent toxoplasmosis, a widespread parasitic infection, has been linked to various psychological changes. The Stress‐Coping Hypothesis proposes that at least some of these changes are consequences of chronic stress arising from the infection's ...
Jaroslav Flegr +2 more
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