Heresy Of Dragons

Author : Erik Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1087064279

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Heresy of Dragons by Erik Reid Pdf

Not every man can handle a magitech gauntlet that speaks in floating silver text, or a handful of women with unique... needs. I'm not every man. When a bad blind date got worse - like, interdimensional lightning storm worse - I woke up to a realm of dragon women, magical kobolds, and a playful monkey girl with a painful secret. I also accidentally (totally on purpose) stole an ancient artifact in the form of a black gauntlet that bonded with my body and unlocked a series of new abilities. So what's the catch? The glove wasn't meant for me. It was meant for the fabled Hero of Silura, the only man capable of preventing a gnarly blue ice demon and his army of blood-sucking half-breed children from wiping out the kingdom of dragon descendants that took me in. Now he wants the glove, buckets of blood, and a bridge across the divine veil that separates this realm from Earth. And he'll be here in three... two... one... Warning: This book contains violence, snide comments, explicit sexual encounters, LitRPG / Gamelit elements, and general badassery.

Author : L.B.B. Davis
Publisher : Author House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481730532

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Dragon Prophecies by L.B.B. Davis Pdf

Plague vanquished... Exhiled hero... The rise of humankind. Six years after the silver dragon Lukhan saves the continent of Lemeria from the corrupting ravages of the plague. The scales are tipped when dragon kind reverts to its old ways of racism and elitism. The Hero of the Common Races is exhiled from his homeland. Lukhans friends gather to stop the rise of the Inquisition. A human organization, centered on worshipping the Holy Master, purging, and enslaving all nonhumans. Allies become enemies as Lukhan and his friends seek to rebuild civilzation on the edge of collaspe. Will Lukhan fulfill the prophecy set before him by the dark lord Vilesath or can he master his fate?

Author : Michael Collins
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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St George and the Dragons by Michael Collins Pdf

St George's Day has become a topic of debate as more and more organizations promote celebrations on 23 April and more people wave the flag of St George to proclaim their allegiance and identity. But who was St George? How did this Near Eastern martyr become England's patron saint and an icon of English culture? And what is his relevance for today's secular, multicultural England? New research reveals that from the third century St George was revered as a healer, protector of women and the poor and patron of agriculture and metal-working more than a military dragon-slayer. Discover the origin of the cross of St George and the roles of Richard I, Edward III and Henry VIII in making St George the patron saint of England. With a foreword by Professor Emeritus Dan Brown, this richly-illustrated celebration of English culture shows how St George can be reinterpreted for our times while remaining true to our English heritage. St George can be enlisted in the cause of ecology, the campaign against FGM, and the fight to end modern slavery and resettle refugees. English yet international, revered both by Christians and Muslims, St George is a multicultural figure who symbolizes universal values.

Author : Karen Sullivan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226781662

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The Inner Lives of Medieval Inquisitors by Karen Sullivan Pdf

There have been numerous studies in recent decades of the medieval inquisitions, most emphasizing larger social and political circumstances and neglecting the role of the inquisitors themselves. In this volume, Karen Sullivan sheds much-needed light on these individuals and reveals that they had choices—both the choice of whether to play a part in the orthodox repression of heresy and, more frequently, the choice of whether to approach heretics with zeal or with charity. In successive chapters on key figures in the Middle Ages—Bernard of Clairvaux, Dominic Guzmán, Conrad of Marburg, Peter of Verona, Bernard Gui, Bernard Délicieux, and Nicholas Eymerich—Sullivan shows that it is possible to discern each inquisitor making personal, moral choices as to what course of action he would take. All medieval clerics recognized that the church should first attempt to correct heretics through repeated admonitions and that, if these admonitions failed, it should then move toward excluding them from society. Yet more charitable clerics preferred to wait for conversion, while zealous clerics preferred not to delay too long before sending heretics to the stake. By considering not the external prosecution of heretics during the Middles Ages, but the internal motivations of the preachers and inquisitors who pursued them, as represented in their writings and in those of their peers, The Inner Lives of Medieval Inquisitors explores how it is that the most idealistic of purposes can lead to the justification of such dark ends.

Author : J. C. Cooper
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987-03-17
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780500770917

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An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols by J. C. Cooper Pdf

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa.

Author : Steven Olderr
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786490677

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Symbolism by Steven Olderr Pdf

The use of symbolism is an art, not a science. Different people use symbols in a variety of ways and each symbol can have diverse meanings, even within the same culture. Not surprisingly, determining the meaning of symbols can be difficult. This valuable reference defines the general symbolism of more than 15,000 terms, from ancient to modern, as well as specialized meanings in mythology, religion, art, literature, folklore, flower language, astrology, heraldry, numerology, and cultures the world over. From “0” to “Zu,” each entry catalogs all possible connotations, listed by culture when appropriate, creating the most comprehensive symbolism dictionary available.

Author : James R. Russell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1629 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004460737

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Poets, Heroes, and their Dragons (2 vols) by James R. Russell Pdf

The present volume is a collection of articles published by Professor James R. Russell of Harvard University, in various journals over the past decades.

Author : Raymond Paul Tripp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028470057

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Essays on Old, Middle, Modern English, and Old Icelandic by Raymond Paul Tripp Pdf

Twenty-two scholars from Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States examine ancient and modern classics, ranging from Beowulf and Paradise Lost to Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead. Topics include Old English charms, Christian poetry, humor, and riddles; Old Icelandic sagas, epic dragons, and women's roles; Chaucerian textual studies, and contemporary novels.

Author : Ernst Lehner,Johanna Lehner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780486435121

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Big Book of Dragons, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures by Ernst Lehner,Johanna Lehner Pdf

Provides an illustrated look at dragons, griffins, werewolves, serpent monsters, sirens, mermaids, and other mythical creatures of land, sea, and air and includes text with legends from around the world.

Author : Veronica Sekules
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192842412

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Medieval Art by Veronica Sekules Pdf

This refreshing new look at Medieval art conveys a very real sense of the impact of art on everyday life in Europe from 1000 to 1500. It examines the importance of art in the expression and spread of knowledge and ideas, including notions of the heroism and justice of war, and the dominant view of Christianity. Taking its starting point from issues of contemporary relevance, such as the environment, the identity of the artist, and the position of women, the book also highlights the attitudes and events specific to the sophisticated visual culture of the Middle Ages, and goes on to link this period to the Renaissance. The fascinating question of whether commercial and social activities between countries encouraged similar artistic taste and patronage, or contributed to the defining of cultural difference in Europe, is fully explored.

Author : Scott G. Bruce
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525506690

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The Penguin Book of Dragons by Scott G. Bruce Pdf

Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to Hell, portents of disaster, and harbingers of the last days. Here are accounts spanning millennia and continents of these monsters that mark the boundary between the known and the unknown, including: their origins in the deserts of Africa; their struggles with their mortal enemies, elephants, in the jungles of South Asia; their fear of lightning; the world’s first dragon slayer, in an ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns; the colossal sea monster Leviathan; the seven-headed “great red dragon” of the Book of Revelation; the Loch Ness monster; the dragon in Beowulf, who inspired Smaug in Tolkien’s The Hobbit; the dragons in the prophecies of the wizard Merlin; a dragon saved from a centipede in Japan who gifts his human savior a magical bag of rice; the supernatural feathered serpent of ancient Mesoamerica; and a flatulent dragon the size of the Trojan Horse. From the dark halls of the Lonely Mountain to the blue skies of Westeros, we expect dragons to be gigantic, reptilian predators with massive, bat-like wings, who wreak havoc defending the gold they have hoarded in the deep places of the earth. But dragons are full of surprises, as is this book.

Author : Christian Krötzl,Katariina Mustakallio,Jenni Kuuliala
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317116950

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Infirmity in Antiquity and the Middle Ages by Christian Krötzl,Katariina Mustakallio,Jenni Kuuliala Pdf

This volume discusses infirmitas (’infirmity’ or ’weakness’) in ancient and medieval societies. It concentrates on the cultural, social and domestic aspects of physical and mental illness, impairment and health, and also examines frailty as a more abstract, cultural construct. It seeks to widen our understanding of how physical and mental well-being and weakness were understood and constructed in the longue durée from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The chapters are written by experts from a variety of disciplines, including archaeology, art history and philology, and pay particular attention to the differences of experience due to gender, age and social status. The book opens with chapters on the more theoretical aspects of pre-modern infirmity and disability, moving on to discuss different types of mental and cultural infirmities, including those with positive connotations, such as medieval stigmata. The last section of the book discusses infirmity in everyday life from the perspective of healing, medicine and care.

Author : Robert Blust
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004678309

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The Dragon and the Rainbow by Robert Blust Pdf

Modernization and conversion to world religions are threatening the survival of traditional belief systems, leaving behind only mysterious traces of their existence. This book, based upon extensive research conducted over a period of nearly four decades, brings scientific rigor to one of the questions that have always attracted human curiosity: that of the origin of the dragon. The author demonstrates that both dragons and rainbows are cultural universals, that many of the traits that are attributed to dragons in widely separated parts of the planet are also attributed to rainbows, and that the number and antiquity of such shared traits cannot be attributed to chance or common inheritance, but rather to common cognitive pathways by which human psychology has responded to the natural environment in a wide array of cultures around the world.

Author : Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447481096

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Dragons and Dragon Lore by Ernest Ingersoll Pdf

This classic book contains a comprehensive study of the mythology of the dragon on a world-wide scale, and will make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject.

Author : Berwickshire Naturalists' Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Berwickshire (Scotland)
ISBN : SRLF:A0002199719

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History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club by Berwickshire Naturalists' Club Pdf