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121Fujiwara no Motofusa — In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara . Fujiwara no Motofusa Fujiwara no Motofusa (藤原 基房? …
122Astolfo — (also Astolpho) is a fictional character of the Matter of France where he is one of Charlemagne s paladins. He is the son of Otto, the King of England (possibly referring to Charles contemporary Offa of Mercia), and is a cousin to Orlando and… …
123Herla — According to the twelfth century writer Walter Map, Herla was a legendary king of the ancient Britons who became the leader of the Wild Hunt after a visit to the Otherworld, only to return some two hundred years later, after the lands had been… …
124Manchu people in Taiwan — The courtyard at Fort Provintia in Tainan is lined with nine stone tortoises each carrying a 3 meter tall royal stele bestowed by the Qianlong Emperor to General Fu Kang an for suppressing the Lin Shuang wen rebellion. Inscriptions are carved in… …
125Dismounting stele — at the Taiwan Confucian Temple reads: Civil and military officials, soldiers and citizens, all dismount from their horses here A dismounting stele, in East Asian architecture, was a stele erected outside an important building or group of… …
126catchpole — noun /ˈkatʃpəʊl/ a) A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors. The use of the catch pole is said to have been to take horsemen in battle by the neck and drag them from their horses. b) An implement formerly used for seizing and… …
127analing — annihilating? Alys. 2166. Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall s. v. suggests ‘avaling’ as the true reading == pulling down from their horses, which is probably correct …
128HORSE (COWBOY HERO’S HORSE) — From the beginnings of the Western genre, the cowboy hero’s special relationship with his horse and the essential value of the horse have been emphasized. When a cowboy is forced to sell his horse, as occurs in Owen Wister’s The Virginian, he… …
