Els folkloristes valencians. Paradoxes, tòpics i realitats

The objective of this research is to advance the understanding of the Egyptian Eastern Desert region petroglyphs by means of three steps: 1) To order and analyse the available data; 2) To compare the Eastern Desert petroglyphs with those of neighbouring regions and 3) To determine what the Eastern Desert petroglyphs can tell us about the people responsible for them. The study then move towards an interpretation of the petroglyphs in terms of what they can tell us about the origins and development of Egyptian society.

Masonry Dissected, aberrantemente traducido en casi todas partes como La Masonería disecada, en lugar de La Masonería diseccionada -o analizada minuciosamente-, constituye probablemente el texto antimasónico histórico más antiguo que se conoce. Fue publicado en 1730 por Samuel Prichard en forma de libro panfletario con la pretensión de desmitificar, descalificar y ridiculizar los ritos y secretos de la incipiente «masonería especulativa», contraponiéndola con la pura y transparente «masonería operativa» conocida hasta la fecha. La obra alcanzó una gran difusión al poco de ver...

Early in the century a magnificent Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these legends that she learned during her childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her eastern education developed a writing talent that was put to good use in recording from oral tradition the exploits of Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, the Blood Clot boy, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal, known to the Sioux. Until her death in 1938, Zitkala-Sa stood between two cultures as preserver and translator.