Marchen
Example Sentences
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Marchen certainly did set out from mediaeval India, and reached mediaeval Europe and Asia in abundance.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
For ideals of love—here—in America to-day—we are referred to Grimm's Marchen; to Cinderella, the Goose Girl, Beauty and the Beast, and the Sleeping Beauty!
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
It was part of their day's work; but following them came a detachment of Germans singing "Marchen Rote," and then the battery of six guns and then the Kansans.
From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen
For a very rich collection of such explanatory legends regarding stones and marks in Germany, see Karl Bartsch, Sagen, Marchen und Gebrauche aus Meklenburg, Wien, 1880, vol. ii, pp.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson
When the Germans stopped singing "Marchen Rote," the boys heard Watts McHurdie's high tenor voice start up "The Dutch Companee," and the crowd that was lining the street cheered and cheered.
From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen
