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  • The Tibetan bard Dickchen Shenpa recited the epic of Gesar of Ling, a performance which reportedly lasted six weeks, during which the bard would disappear for long periods at a time to receive direct inspiration from the warrior-king Gesar himself.

    Reinventing the Aztecs - part three Mexican history 2008

  • The Tibetan bard Dickchen Shenpa recited the epic of Gesar of Ling, a performance which reportedly lasted six weeks, during which the bard would disappear for long periods at a time to receive direct inspiration from the warrior-king Gesar himself.

    Reinventing the Aztecs - part three Mexican history 2008

  • The sage foretold that this baby would grow into that being, and prophesied that he would become either a great enlightened spiritual master or a powerful warrior-king.

    Noah Levine: Sid - The Rebel Saint - Part I 2009

  • The daughter of Sweden's warrior-king, Gustavus Adolphus, Protestant champion in the Thirty Years War, and the grand-daughter of Charles IX, who had usurped the throne from his Catholic nephew, Sigismund, Christina abdicated in order to convert to Catholicism in 1654, and moved to Rome.

    Maxims of Queen Christina Matterhorn 2009

  • As representatives from all corners of his kingdom seek his counsel, the warrior-king accepts a strange invitation from the Pictish emissary.

    Dark Horse Comics for August 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • The daughter of Sweden's warrior-king, Gustavus Adolphus, Protestant champion in the Thirty Years War, and the grand-daughter of Charles IX, who had usurped the throne from his Catholic nephew, Sigismund, Christina abdicated in order to convert to Catholicism in 1654, and moved to Rome.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • The image is straight out of National Geographic, circa 1955, complete with white warrior-king bringing civilization to the "agog" villagers of a primitive land.

    Thomas Friedman as War Propagandist 2009

  • Odysseus…son of Laertes, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, warrior-king of Ithaca.

    Marvel Comics for January 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Â Two of the greatest empires in world history, the Roman and the Arab, didn't have aÂsignature warrior-king who forged it, but it's significant that both theÂRomans and Arabs knew enough to offer perks for the common people - citizenship in theÂcase of the Romans, tax breaks for people willing to convert to Islam in the case of the Arabs.

    Comics You Should Own – Grendel #34-50 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • You'll not find another benevolent warrior-king inside the world of politics since Ghengis Khan and perhaps Mansa Musa.

    Spiritual Fusion Steven Barnes 2008

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