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were equally desirable food for its insatiate maw , and the whole land of Ethiopia lay in mourning because of it . At last her father , the king , had consulted an oracle that he might find help to rid the land of the monster . And the ...
were equally desirable food for its insatiate maw , and the whole land of Ethiopia lay in mourning because of it . At last her father , the king , had consulted an oracle that he might find help to rid the land of the monster . And the ...
Page 167
... Land of Darkness and there had won her for his own . Back to the flowery island of Sicily her mother brought her ... land was carpeted with flowers . For six months of the year she stayed , and gods and men rejoiced at the bringing back ...
... Land of Darkness and there had won her for his own . Back to the flowery island of Sicily her mother brought her ... land was carpeted with flowers . For six months of the year she stayed , and gods and men rejoiced at the bringing back ...
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... land of the Goths were feasted in the great banqueting - hall where , for twelve unhappy years , voices had never rung out so bravely and so merrily . The queen herself poured out the mead with which the king and the men from Goth- land ...
... land of the Goths were feasted in the great banqueting - hall where , for twelve unhappy years , voices had never rung out so bravely and so merrily . The queen herself poured out the mead with which the king and the men from Goth- land ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus