Legends of People
- Lancelot-Grail (Prose Lancelot)
- The Account of Nicolas Flamel
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“Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.”
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With mounds of earthmounds
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