poets of the epic cycle
51Kyrgyz literature — the written works of the Kyrgyz people of Central Asia, most of whom live in Kyrgyzstan. A smaller population of Kyrgyz in China also produces works of literary significance. The literary history of the modern day Kyrgyz begins in the …
52Legend of Keret — The Legend of Keret, also known as the Epic of King Keret, is an ancient Ugaritic epic poem, [Samuel Henry Hooke. [http://books.google.com/books?id=YSUnmTKWhtkC pg=PA87 dq=%22Legend+of+Keret%22 ei=LZp SOP9J4 aigGg Z20CA sig=ACfU3U3pmuQ… …
53Houtman Abrolhos — The Houtman Abrolhos (often informally called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands, and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia. Nominally located at coord|28|43|S|113|47|E|scale:1000 region:AU… …
54History of Shaktism — The roots of Shaktism – a Hindu denomination that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi , the Hindu Divine Mother – penetrate deep into India s prehistory. From the Devi s earliest known appearance in Indian Paleolithic settlements more than 20,000 …
55Labours of Hercules — The Twelve Labours of Hercules (Greek: Δωδεκαθλος , dodekathlos ) age a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by the greatest of the Greek heroes, Heracles, romanised as Hercules.… …
56Culture of Mali — The Culture of Mali derives from the shared experience as a colonial and post colonial polity, and the interaction of the numerous cultures which make up the Malian people. What is today the nation of Mali was united first in the medieval period… …
57literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
58South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
59Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …
60PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …
