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“We reached shallow sands and started to die as hails of spears and arrows landed on us. With our feet we had to fight waves of water, while with our hands we had to fight waves of men.”

Book:Son of Nobody

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Son of Nobody

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Yann Martel

Yann Martel is a Canadian author known for his unique literary style and profound themes. His novel 'Life of Pi' won the Booker Prize in 2002 and became an international bestseller, propelling him to global recognition. Martel's works often explore deep questions of humanity and existence. more

“Another weather guide connected with the moon is, that to see ‘the old moon in the arms of the new one’ is reckoned a sign of fine weather; and so is the turning up of the horns of the new moon. In this position, it is supposed to retain the water, which is imagined to be in it, and which would run out if the horns were turned down.”

Moon Mythology Weather Folklore Moon Water

Book:The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom

Source: The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom

“In some parts it is a prevalent belief that the growth of mushrooms is influenced by the changes of the moon, and in Essex the subjoined rule is often scrupulously adhered to: ‘When the moon is at the full, Mushrooms you may freely pull But when the moon is on the wane, Wait ere you think to pluck again.”

Mythology Folklore Mushroom

Book:The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom

Source: The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom

“Two hundred years ago, a wise man witnessed a wonderful phenomenon in the moon: he actually beheld a live elephant there--but the unbelieving have since made all manner of fun at the good knight's expense. Take the following burlesque of this celebrated discovery as an instance. "Sir Paul Neal, a conceited virtuoso of the seventeenth century, gave out that he had discovered 'an elephant in the moon.' It turned out that a mouse had crept into his telescope, which had been mistaken for an elephant in the moon." Well, we concede that an elephant and a mouse are very much alike.”

Mythology Folklore

Author:Timothy Harley

“Sahte umutlarla kendimi aldatmamıştım. Ben tanrıçaydım, o ölümlü, ikimizde mahpustuk. Ama mühürler balmumuna nasıl bastırılırsa yüzünü işte öyle zihnime bastırdım, böylece yanımda taşıyabilecektim o yüzü.”