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ABU SIMBEL dicating the liberality of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor or empress . She may be compared with Domina Abundia (Old Fr . See also:

Dame Habonde, Notre Damed'Abondance), whose name often occurs in poems of the See also:

MIDDLE

Middle Ages, a beneficent See also:

FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy, who brought plenty to those whom she visited (See also:

Grimm, See also:

Teutonic See also:

MYTHOLOGY

Mythology, tr . 1880, i . 286-287) .

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