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- From: lsmith@exa.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith)
- Subject: Re: Lords and Ladies references and query
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- References: <1992Nov17.094528.13083@turing.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:28:49 GMT
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- In <1992Nov17.094528.13083@turing.ac.uk> robin@duich.turing.ac.uk (Robin Boswell) writes:
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- > Half-way down p. 62 of the British edition of "Lords and Ladies",
- >there's a list of five terms for lands beyond the mundane.
- >The first, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" sounds
- >familiar, but I can't identify the reference. Can anyone
- >help?
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- Seems to be a popular title.
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- Theodore Roosevelt used it for a book on hunting that he wrote in
- 1926.
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- Asbjornsen and Moe used it for a collection of Norwegian fairy
- tales. (Asbjornsen and Moe both died in the 1880s so this predates
- Tolkien and Roosevelt.) I couldn't say whether the expression is
- from traditional folktales or not.
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- If I remember correctly, the story involves a girl traveling great
- distances (apply title here) to save someone from an evil spell.
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