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This study on Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, is divided into two parts. The purpose of the first part is to ascertain the facts of Helena's life on the basis of reliable historical sources. The second part deals with the legends concerning the discovery of the True Cross in Jerusalem by Helena. Fact and fiction, which are so often confused in the secondary literature, are carefully distinguished. The first part deals with subjects like Helena's life before the reign of Constantine, her residences in Trier and Rome, her conversion, her position at the court of Constantine, and her pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The second part investigates the origin, development and function of the legends of the discovery of the True Cross, which were developed in the 4th and 5th centuries: the Helena legend, the (Syriac) Protonike legend and the Judas Cyriacus legend. An appendix deals with the portraits of Helena.

Holy Cross --- Sainte Croix --- Legends --- Légendes --- Helena, --- Hélène, sainte (255-330) --- 7741 --- Helena --- -Cross --- Feast of the Cross --- Helena Saint --- Legends. --- -Legends --- Légendes --- Flavia Julia Helena, --- Helen, --- Елена, --- Elena, --- Hélène, --- Holy Cross - Legends --- Hélène, 255-330

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Christian poetry [French ] --- Normandy (France) --- To 1500 --- Saints --- Legends --- Ebrulfus ab. Uticensis

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Merlin (Legendary character) --- Legends --- Britons --- History. --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- Medieval Latin literature --- Antiquity --- Arthurian romances --- English literature --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Littérature anglaise --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- History --- Histoire --- Legends - Great Britain. --- Britons - History. --- Acqui 2006

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A detailed study of fairy tales, beginning with Barbe-Bleue.

Tales --- Legends --- Contes --- Légendes --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- History and criticism. --- Légendes --- Littérature populaire. --- Folk literature. --- Contes français --- Tradition orale. --- Oral tradition. --- Folklore --- Histoire et critique. --- CDL --- 82 --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Folktales --- Folk literature --- Europe --- Tales - Europe - History and criticism. --- Legends - Europe - History and criticism.

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In this study John Yoder chronicles the history of the Kanyok, a people from the southern savanna of Zaire, from before 1500 until their incorporation into the Congo Free State in the 1890s. By analysing their oral histories, myths, and legends, he describes the political and cultural development of a people who, before 1891, had no written records. Yoder sets his work firmly within the larger context of the southern savanna by extending his investigations to the traditions of neighbouring peoples, in particular to the Luba and the Lunda, whose empires once dominated the region. In this way he demonstrates how the same stories and ideas circulated over a vast area but were continually adapted to local circumstances. Yoder's history of the Kanyok of Zaire thereby forms the nucleus for a broader and more composite understanding of the entire region.

Kanyok (African people) --- Legends --- Kanyok (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Légendes --- Folklore --- History --- Sources --- Social life and customs --- Histoire --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Sources. --- Folklore. --- Social life and customs. --- Légendes --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Kanyok (African people) - History - Sources. --- Kanyok (African people) - Folklore. --- Kanyok (African people) - Social life and customs. --- Legends - Zaire. --- Kaniaka (African people) --- Kanyika (African people) --- Kanyoka (African people) --- Ethnology --- Luba (African people) --- History&delete& --- Arts and Humanities --- Legends - Congo (Democratic Republic)