Our Lady`s Juggler part 4
At times he represented Her as a graceful child, and Her image seemed to say, “Lord, Thou art My Lord!”There were also in the Monastery poets who composed prose writ¬ings in Latin and hymns...
Our Lady`s Juggler part 3
The monk was touched by the simplicity of the juggler, and as he was not lacking in discernment, he recognized in Barnabas one of those well-disposed men of whom Our Lord has said, “Let...
Our Lady`s Juggler part 2
He had never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequality of human conditions. He firmly believed that if this world was evil the next could not but be good, and...
Our Lady`s Juggler part 1
Anatole France (Anatole Thibault) (1844-1924)Anatole France was born at Paris in 1844 and lived there most of his life. He was par excellence a man of letters. For over forty years he has written...
Zheravna Festival
Private tours Bulgaria. Bulgaria is no different from any other country in the world. It has its own history, heroes, legends. It surely had its falls and pinnacle. Bulgaria is inviting you on private...
Rhodope Mountains – Legends and Reality
Today’s train of tour Bulgaria is leaving the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia (private tour Sofia), to travel to the Rhodope Mountains. It stops at stations that tell legends for the mountain. These are interesting...
The Jewish Mother
Biblical LiteratureIt is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales. They were told in order to illustrate a theological or...
The Dove And The Crow
The Dove And The Crow (Anonymous: 2nd Century B.C. or later)It is thought that the collection of fables now known as the Panchatantra had assumed definite shape at least as early as the Sixth...
Horatius at the Bridge
Ancient RomeIt is a commonplace of literary history that Roman art was largely imitated or derived from the Greek, and in particular that Roman literature contributed little to the world`s store of masterpieces. Yet...
Eumieus` Tale
Ancient GreeceThere is no land without its story-tellers, and in the dawn of Hellenic civilization we find the half-legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey telling tales—some of them so long and elaborate...
