The king and the corpse

Abu Kasem's slippers.--A pagan hero and a Christian saint.--Four romances from the cycle of King Arthur: Gawain and the Green Knight. The knight with the lion. Lancelot. Merlin.--The king and the corpse.--Four episodes from the romance of the goddess: The involuntary creation. The involuntary marriage. The voluntary death. Shiva mad.--On the Siprطa shore.

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