Miraculous births — are a common motif in historical literature and religious texts. Stories of miracle births often include miraculous conceptions and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or in the case of… … Wikipedia
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incubus — A lewd male DEMON who pursues women for sex. In Hebrew mythology, the incubus and his female counterpart, the SUCCUBUS, visit women and men in their sleep, lie and press heavily upon them, and seduce them. They can be conjured by witches,… … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
Naked Lunch — by William S. Burroughs (1959) Naked Lunch is William S. Burroughs’s masterpiece and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. It is also the most infamous novel to come out of the Beat Generation. In his dedication to Howl and… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
Mary Toft — Mary Toft, in an engraving based on a painting by John Laguerre in 1726 Born … Wikipedia
Mary Toft — Portrait der Mary Toft nach John Laguerre (1688–1748) Mary Toft, gelegentliche Schreibweise auch Tofts, geborene Denyer (* getauft am 21. Februar 1703 [1] in Godalming; † Januar 1763, begraben am 13. Januar 1763 in Godalming), war eine Dienstmagd … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Phlegon of Tralles — Phlegon, of Tralles in Asia Minor, Greek writer and freedman of the emperor Hadrian, lived in the 2nd century.His chief work was the Olympiads , an historical compendium in sixteen books, from the 1st down to the 229th Olympiad (776 BC to AD 137) … Wikipedia
Paradoxography — is a genre of Classical literature which deals with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human worlds. Aratus of Soli s Phaenomena (c.240 BC) provides perhaps the earliest example of the genre, being partially… … Wikipedia
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge — wikisourcepar|A Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley s works) is a 1710 work by the Irish Empiricist philosopher George… … Wikipedia
