Young children reliably distinguish reality from fantasy; they know that their friends are real and that Batman is not. But it is an open question whether they appreciate, as adults do, that there are multiple fantasy worlds. We test this by asking children and adults about fictional characters' beliefs about other characters who exist either within the same world (e.g., Batman and Robin) or in...

New archaeological evidence from the territory of ancient Scythia suggests that stories of the legendary Amazon warriors were not a simple myth or fantasy.

: The recent popularity of the fantasy genre in Arabic world has seen increased translation activity into (De Blasio 2019). Despite this interest, scholars have focused their attention on low fantasy, with little to high fantasy. This study investigates book five George R.R Martin’s novel series “A Dance Dragons (2011), and its رقصة مع التنانين raqsa mc ?ltanani:n (2020) a specific focus Topony...

Few literary genres have been as intimately connected with the field of archaeology genre urban fantasy, which correlates through a shared concern material history city. The palimpsestic model city discovered by archaeologists such Schliemann and Evans has inspired multilayered cityscapes many fantasy narratives. These narratives cast their protagonists into symbolic role who descend underworld...

127. This is a major theoretical paper. In a major departure from his sociocognitive position of 20-30 years ago, T. X. Barber presents his newest, eclectic theoretical conceptualizations of hypnosis. Although basically limited to examining highly responsive subjects, he conceptualizes 3 subtypes of high hypnotizables: amnesia-prone subjects, fantasy-prone subjects, or those with a positive set...