A Marxist History of the World part 19: Mother-goddesses and power-deitiesFaulkner, Neil
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2010
Counterfire
Neil Faulkner looks at how the growth of private property altered the position of women - from occupying a central role in society to suffering what Engels called ‘the world historic defeat of the fem...
A Marxist History of the World Part 4: The origins of War and ReligionFaulkner, Neil
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2010
Counterfire
This week Neil Faulkner looks at the origins of War and Religion in the Early Neolithic world.
SigurdSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga.
Trojan HorseSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War, as told in Virgil's Latin epic poem The Aeneid and by Quintus of Smyrna. The events in this story from the Bronze Age took place after Homer's Iliad, an...
Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and FableSecond Edition
Knowles, Elizabeth (ed.)
Book
2000
These entries tell the story behind words, names and sayings. The range is from short definitions to more detailed accounts.