5.0476 Propecies and Urban Legends (4/51)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 26 Nov 1991 16:09:54 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0476. Tuesday, 26 Nov 1991.


(1) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:12 EST (7 lines)
From: <JELLEMA@HOPE>
Subject: prophecies

(2) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:48 EST (9 lines)
From: <DORENKAMP@HLYCROSS>
Subject: Prophecies

(3) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 18:00 PST (12 lines)
From: abosse@reed.edu (Arno Bosse)
Subject: Re: 5.0470 Rs: Prophecies

(4) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 16:16:29 MST (23 lines)
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0468 Rs: Metaphors

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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:12 EST
From: <JELLEMA@HOPE>
Subject: prophecies

For what it's worth, the same story about meeting death
is the source for the title of John O'Hara's novel "Appointment
in Samarra." The story is told in a frontespiece, as I recall.
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:48 EST
From: <DORENKAMP@HLYCROSS>
Subject: Prophecies


Death in Hims or Teheran, etc., recalls of course what may
be one of the best known literary versions--that which is
appended to as an explanation of the title of John O'Hara's
*Appointment in Samara.*
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 18:00 PST
From: abosse@reed.edu (Arno Bosse)
Subject: Re: 5.0470 Rs: Corpora; Metaphors; Prophecies (3/60)

David Schaps mentioned the story of the rich man's servant meeting death. I
recall reading a very similar version in a collection of Sufi tales by Idries
Shah. There are many variations on this theme in Sufi stories, which were
studied by initiates to impress on them new ways of thinking.

Arno Bosse
Reed College
abosse@reed.edu
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 16:16:29 MST
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0468 Rs: File Comparison; Metaphors; Hare; Fonts (5/108)

I hope that those interested in urban legends have already read
Jan Harold Brunvand's four books on the topic, and that they are
aware of the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban. In addition, they
are occasionally discussed on the LORE and FOLKLORE lists on Bitnet.

Although I am very interested in urban legends, I don't happen to think
that this is particularly the place to discuss them (HUMANIST, I mean).

I would be glad to give further leads to those needing them.

dan

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