Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby – American literature
Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby A famous Br'er Rabbit story This is a story about Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox. Br'er Fox was sick and tired of Bre'r Rabbit tricking him. [...]
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Br’er Rabbit takes a ride – American literature
Br'er Fox Everyone laughed at Br'er Rabbit This is a story about Br'er Rabbit and his enemy Br'er Fox. Well, after that story with the Tar Baby got around, the girls were all laughing [...]
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How Br’er Rabbit lost his tail – American literature
Br'er Rabbit and his tail Another Br'er Rabbit story This is a story about Br'er Rabbit. So one day in late fall, Br'er Rabbit was hopping down the dirt road and [...]
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Br’er Rabbit stories – American literature
The printing press of the Cherokee Advocate in the 1800s, which first printed a Br'er Rabbit story (the Tar Baby) Why is he called Br'er Rabbit? Br'er Rabbit is short [...]
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08, 2017
Early Cherokee language and stories
Cherokee statues from Etowah (now northern Georgia) Cherokee is part of a group of Iroquois languages. Before the Spanish conquered the Cherokee, the Cherokee people didn't use writing. But they told many [...]
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Rustem swims away – a story in the Shahnameh
The Devil carries Rostem Like Odysseus or Anansi, Monkey or Br'er Rabbit, the Iranian hero Rustem was a trickster. He uses quick thinking to get out of this fix: Once when he was sleeping alone outside [...]
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Arabic language and literature
Arabic language: Sabataean writing Where did Arabic come from? Arabic is in the Semitic language group. Semitic languages seem to have gotten started before the beginning of writing. That would be before [...]
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07, 2017
Who is Hermes? Ancient Greek god
This statue by Praxiteles shows the Greek god Hermes playing with the infant Dionysos(300s BC) What is Hermes the god of? Hermes is a god of boundaries, borders and edges. [...]
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07, 2017
Xenia – guests and hosts in ancient Greece
Kidnapping Helen of Troy (from Pompeii) In ancient Greece, xenia meant "the way you treat strangers or foreigners". It comes from a very old Proto-Indo-European (Yamnaya) word that means "stranger" [...]
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Anansi and the Wisdom of the World
Djenne clay pot from medieval West Africa Long long ago people didn't know anything. They didn't know how to plant crops, or how to weave clothes, or how to make [...]
