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  • 111Aneirin — or Neirin was a late 6th century Brythonic poet. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North or Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century,… …

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  • 112Welsh people — This article is about the ethnic group and nation. For information about residents in Wales, see Demography of Wales. Welsh people Cymry 1st row: Anthony Hopkins • Tom Jones • Dylan Thomas • George Everest • Ryan Giggs • Robert Owen • …

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  • 113List of mythological objects — Mythological objects (also known as mythical objects) encompasses a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) appearing in world mythologies. This list will be organized according to category of object. This list is incomplete; you can… …

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  • 114Tymon Zaborowski — (1799–1828) was a Polish poet. At the beginning of his writing career he was influenced by classicism, then by Romanticism. He was also known as Wieszcz Miodoboru , the term adopted from one of his poem. BiographyTymon Zaborowski was born on… …

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  • 115Atli, Lay of — ▪ medieval poem Norse  Atlakvida        heroic poem in the Norse Poetic Edda (see Edda), an older variant of the tale of slaughter and revenge that is the subject of the German epic Nibelungenlied, from which it differs in several respects. In… …

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  • 116Alexander Pope —     Alexander Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alexander Pope     Poet, son of Alexander Pope and his second wife, Edith Turner, b. in London, England, 22 May, 1688; d. at Twickenham, England, 30 May, 1744. His parents were both Catholics, and… …

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  • 117Teofilo Folengo —     Teofilo Folengo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teofilo Folengo     An Italian poet, better known by his pseudonyrn MERLIN COCCALO or COCAI; b. at Mantua in 1496; d. at the monastery of Santa Croce in Campese in 1544. He received some training… …

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  • 118Divina Commedia — noun a narrative epic poem written by Dante • Syn: ↑Divine Comedy • Instance Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos …

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  • 119Iliad — noun a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy (Freq. 5) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos …

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  • 120Nibelungenlied — noun an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings • Instance Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos …

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