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Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idols and new deities...But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality. 

The Testament of Solomon was originally written in Greek, and scholars date it to the end of the first century, but it includes material dated to an earlier period. The text contains various theological and magical themes found in Christianity and Judaism, and Greek and Egyptian mythology. It contains passages on medical alchemy and incorporates astrological concepts. Most of it consists of Solomon's interviews with demons, including figures otherwise known as the Titan Kronos, Lilith, Hecate, and Medusa.

L'œuvre principale de François Villon. Digressions sur l'injustice, la fuite du temps, la mort, la sagesse... Villon n'a pas uniquement renouvelé la forme de la poésie de son époque mais aussi la façon de traiter les thèmes poétiques hérités de la culture médiévale qu'il anime de sa propre personnalité. Il prend ainsi à contre-pied l'idéal courtois, renverse les valeurs admises en célébrant les gueux promis au gibet. Rencontre entre deux rockers passionnés de la langue française, jongleurs de mots et conteurs d'histoires populaires.

In the sequel to The Gospel of Loki, Loki’s adventures continue when he finds a way out of the end of the world and plans to restart the power of the Norse gods. The end of the world—also known as Ragnarok to the Norse gods—has occurred, and Loki has been trapped in a seemingly endless...

François Villon gilt bis heute als der bedeutendste Schriftsteller Frankreichs des 15. Jahrhunderts. Seine wortgewaltigen, farbigen und eindringlichen Balladen schöpfen aus seinem abenteuerlichen Leben als Scholar, Vagabund und Krimineller und zeichnen ein pointiertes Bild der Gesellschaft des Hochmittelalters. In seinem parodistischen Hauptwerk "Das große Testament" - hier in der Interpretation des unvergleichlichen Rolf Boysen - greift Villon mit ironisch leichtem Ton die Pariser Honoratioren seiner Zeit an.

Das Heiligenstädter Testament ist ein Brief, in dem Ludwig van Beethoven seine Verzweiflung über seine immer stärker werdende Gehörlosigkeit ausdrückte...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. THE TESTAMENT OF MATCHING'S EASY: All over England now, where the livery of mourning had been a rare thing to see, women and children went about in the October sunshine in new black clothes. Everywhere one met these fresh griefs, mothers who had lost their sons, women who had lost their men, lives shattered and hopes destroyed.

Rilkes Prosa versteht es mit einer träumerischen Eleganz unsere Gedanken anzuregen und unsere Phantasie zu beflügeln. Ein Hauptmotiv ist die Seele des Dichters, welche in ihrer unerforschbaren Widersprüchlichkeit Herzen bewegt, mitreißt, anwidert, erschreckt, erregt, wütend macht und die gesamte Palette menschlicher Emotionen hervorruft.