Mythical beasts and fabulous animals have always proved to be a popular theme and many books describing them have already appeared. This one, however, is probably the largest, and certainly the most sumptuously illustrated. It also deals more adequately with the rich oriental aspects of the theme than most of its predecessors. Written by a professor of oriental archaeology in the University of ...

We present a cognitive semiotic case study of the narrative potential statue Den lille Havfrue (‘the little mermaid’) by Edvard Eriksen in Copenhagen. On basis theoretical analysis and survey which 20 European 19 Chinese participants replied to questions concerning this we argue that it, similar statues, may be considered as products intersemiotic translation, but only if dispense with any requ...

This paper focuses on the contrasting characteristics of fairy tales authored by Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen, examining variations in themes, characters, narrative structures. The primarily dedicated themselves to collecting preserving traditional tales, placing great importance authenticity cultural heritage. In contrast, Andersen ventured into creating original stories that del...

shwaehman syndrome, next to cystic fibrosis, is the second cause of congenita! exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children. it appears as steatorrhea, recurrent infections and hematologic abnormalities such as neutropenia, skeletal dysplasia and short stature. in this study, we reviewed 3 patients' histories. all of them showed cellular chemotaxic defect. one of them had been affected by neph...