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The Golden Bough
A Study in Magic and Religion

• § 1. Diana and Virbius
• § 3. Recapitulation

• § 1. The Principles of Magic
• § 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic
• § 3. Contagious Magic
• § 4. The Magician’s Progress

• § 1. The Public Magician
• § 2. The Magical Control of Rain
• § 3. The Magical Control of the Sun
• § 4. The Magical Control of the Wind

• § 1. Tree-spirits
• § 2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits

• § 1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility
• § 2. The Marriage of the Gods

• § 1. Numa and Egeria
• § 2. The King as Jupiter

• § 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos
• § 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power

• § 1. The Soul as a Mannikin
• § 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul
• § 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection

• § 1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers
• § 2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking
• § 3. Taboos on Showing the Face
• § 4. Taboos on Quitting the House
• § 5. Taboos on Leaving Food over

• § 1. Chiefs and Kings tabooed
• § 2. Mourners tabooed
• § 3. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth
• § 4. Warriors tabooed
• § 5. Manslayers tabooed
• § 6. Hunters and Fishers tabooed

• § 1. The Meaning of Taboo
• § 2. Iron tabooed
• § 3. Sharp Weapons tabooed
• § 4. Blood tabooed
• § 5. The Head tabooed
• § 6. Hair tabooed
• § 7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting
• § 8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails
• § 9. Spittle tabooed
• § 10. Foods tabooed
• § 11. Knots and Rings tabooed

• § 1. Personal Names tabooed
• § 2. Names of Relations tabooed
• § 3. Names of the Dead tabooed
• § 4. Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed
• § 5. Names of Gods tabooed

• § 1. The Mortality of the Gods
• § 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails
• § 3. Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term

• § 1. The Whitsuntide Mummers
• § 2. Burying the Carnival
• § 3. Carrying out Death
• § 4. Bringing in Summer
• § 5. Battle of Summer and Winter
• § 6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko
• § 7. Death and Revival of Vegetation
• § 8. Analogous Rites in India
• § 9. The Magic Spring

• § 1. The Popular Rites
• § 2. The Official Rites

• § 1. Osiris a Corn-god
• § 2. Osiris a Tree-spirit
• § 3. Osiris a God of Fertility
• § 4. Osiris a God of the Dead

• § 1. The Corn-mother in America
• § 2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies
• § 3. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings
• § 4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter

• § 1. Songs of the Corn Reapers
• § 2. Killing the Corn-spirit
• § 3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops
• § 4. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives

• § 1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit
• § 2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog
• § 3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock
• § 4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare
• § 5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat
• § 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat
• § 7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox
• § 8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare
• § 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)
• § 10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit

• § 1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull
• § 2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse
• § 3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig
• § 4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull
• § 5. Virbius and the Horse

• § 1. The Sacrament of First-Fruits
• § 2. Eating the God among the Aztecs
• § 3. Many Manii at Aricia

• § 1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard
• § 2. Killing the Sacred Ram
• § 3. Killing the Sacred Serpent
• § 4. Killing the Sacred Turtles
• § 5. Killing the Sacred Bear

• § 1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament
• § 2. Processions with Sacred Animals

• § 1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects
• § 2. The Transference to Animals
• § 3. The Transference to Men
• § 4. The Transference of Evil in Europe

• § 1. The Omnipresence of Demons
• § 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils
• § 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils

• § 1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils
• § 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle
• § 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle
• § 4. On Scapegoats in General

• § 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome
• § 2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece
• § 3. The Roman Saturnalia

• § 1. Not to touch the Earth
• § 2. Not to see the Sun
• § 3. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty
• § 4. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty

• § 1. The Fire-festivals in general
• § 2. The Lenten Fires
• § 3. The Easter Fires
• § 4. The Beltane Fires
• § 5. The Midsummer Fires
• § 6. The Hallowe’en Fires
• § 7. The Midwinter Fires
• § 8. The Need-fire

• § 1. On the Fire-festivals in general
• § 2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals
• § 3. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals

• § 1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires
• § 2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires

• § 1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things
• § 2. The External Soul in Plants
• § 3. The External Soul in Animals
• § 4. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection

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Fan (W3)

In November of 1974, a Browns fan and season ticket holder sent a letter to the team regarding a concern of his. The Cleveland Browns (specifically, their general counsel) sent back an absolutely epic response.

span. "fan"

fan (n.1)

device to make an air current, Old English "fann" (West Saxon) "a basket or shovel for winnowing grain" (by tossing it in the air), from Latin "vannus", perhaps related to "ventus" "wind" (see "wind" (n.1)), or from PIE root "*wet-" (1) "to blow" (also "to inspire", "spiritually arouse"; see "wood" (adj.)).

The chaff, being lighter, would blow off. Sense of "device for moving air" first recorded late 14c.; the hand-held version is first attested 1550s. A fan-light (1819) was shaped like a lady's fan.

fan (n.2)

"devotee," 1889, American English, originally of baseball enthusiasts, probably a shortening of "fanatic", but may be influenced by the "fancy", a collective term for followers of a certain hobby or sport (especially boxing); see "fancy". There is an isolated use from 1682, but the modern word is likely a late 19c. formation. Fan club attested by 1930.

fan (v.)

late Old English "fannian" "to winnow grain", from the noun (see "fan" (n.1)). Meaning "to stir up air" is from early 15c. Related: "Fanned"; "fanning". "To fan out" "spread out like a hand-held fan", is from 1590s.

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Das Wort "Fan" leitet sich vom lateinischen Begriff "Fanaticus" ab und heißt "von einer Gottheit ergriffen", "in Raserei versetzt", "begeistert", "schwärmerisch". Tauscht man den abstrakten Begriff Gottheit gegen Popkultur-Namen wie Drake, Rejjie Snow, King Krule, Lorde oder Mø ein, erklärt die Etymologie gut, was diese Künstler mit uns und unserem hormonellen Gleichgewicht anstellen können. Zwischen den Musikern und ihren Fans besteht eine wechselseitige Abhängigkeit, die auf Zuneigung, Bewunderung, Hingabe, Aufopferung und Profit basiert. Manchen Fans reicht diese Beziehung nicht. Sie suchen das Extreme. Sie werden zu Groupies. Geben ihr eigenes Leben auf, um ihren Idolen nahe zu sein.
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Fan
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"Fan" is assumed by dictionaries to be an abbreviation of "fanatic", though there seems to be no evidence of any intermediate stages of development of the one from the other. It suddenly turns up in the USA at the end of the nineteenth century as a word for an enthusiastic and regular supporter of baseball. Soon after it was extended to other sports and then this century to other activities.
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It’s also verging on direct repetition to use "enthusiasm" in a definition of "fanatic", as the two words are closely related, the Greek root of "enthusiasm" having almost exactly the same meaning as the Latin one of "fanatic". It’s derived from "theos" (as in "theology"), through "enthousiasmos", "inspired or possessed by a god". When it first came into English, a century after "fanatic", it had virtually the same meaning.
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Halloween (W3)

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Halloween words

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Mythology (W3)

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An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Bibliography
• Notes on Textual Abbreviations
• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Appendices
• Influences on Astronomy
• Influences on Calendar Terms
• Influences on Personal Names
• Influences on Phrases and Conversation
• Influences on Pop Culture

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Whangdoodle (W3)

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wikipedia
List of fictional curse words
Lists of fictional things

• A: List of the addresses of fictional characters | List of fictional airborne castles | Artificial script
• B: List of fictional battles | List of fictional books | List of fictional books within the Discworld series | List of fictional brands | List of fictional buildings
• C: List of fictional Cambridge colleges | List of character classes | Fictional chemical substance | List of fictional cities | List of fictional companies | List of fictional computers | List of fictional counties | Fictional country | Fictional currency | List of fictional curse words
• D: List of fictional diaries | List of fictional diseases | D cont. | List of fictional mixed drinks
• E: List of fictional electronic games
• F: List of fictional films | List of Final Fantasy locations | List of Foundation universe planets
• G: List of fictional games | Fictional genealogy | List of fictional governments | Fictional guidebook
• I: List of fictional institutions | List of fictional islands
• L: List of fictional languages | List of Starfleet ships | List of fictional laws
• M: List of fictional martial arts | List of fictional media | List of Middle-earth rivers | List of fictional military operations | List of fictional military organizations | List of fictional military people | Minor Discworld concepts | List of minor Foundation universe planets | M cont. | List of fictional music groups
• N: List of Neopian worlds
• O: List of fictional online services | List of fictional Oxford colleges
• P: Index of fictional places
• Q: List of Quidditch teams
• R: List of fictional radio stations | List of fictional religions | Fictional road numbers | List of fictional robots and androids
• S: List of fictional schools | List of fictional ships | List of fictional spaceships | List of fictional sports teams | List of Star Wars places | List of Star Wars organizations | List of vehicles in Star Wars
• T: List of fictional television stations | Things in Atlas Shrugged
• U: List of fictional universes
• W: List of fictional wars | List of fictional weapons

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Mythology

Mythology

• get information about a mythological figure Isis
• ask about a characteristic of a mythological figure Where did Achilles die?
• Isis
• Where did Achilles die?

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Wilton, David
Word Myths
Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

Synopsis
Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming-the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created - and what the real story is.