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I noticed other things: None of them wore traditional badges of honor—swan-feather plumes or miniature white arrows—in their hair.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Her hair, combed glossy, hung in raven waves over a white swan-feather cloak.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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I noticed other things: None of them wore traditional badges of honor—swan-feather plumes or miniature white arrows—in their hair.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Her hair, combed glossy, hung in raven waves over a white swan-feather cloak.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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At the top, the Cofitachequi mico waited in all her finery; swan-feather splays at each shoulder accented a striking white fabric dress adorned with pearls and bits of mica that glittered in the light.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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At the top, the Cofitachequi mico waited in all her finery; swan-feather splays at each shoulder accented a striking white fabric dress adorned with pearls and bits of mica that glittered in the light.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Linnaeus, for one, proposed to substitute native resources for imports: he urged his countrymen to use swan-feather pens and to ride elk instead of horses, and he tried to “teach” tropical plants to grow in Sweden.
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Linnaeus, for one, proposed to substitute native resources for imports: he urged his countrymen to use swan-feather pens and to ride elk instead of horses, and he tried to “teach” tropical plants to grow in Sweden.
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Other stories said Lohengrin appeared in his swan-feather costume to defend Clarissa, Duchess of Bouillon, against the Count of Frankfort, who tried to steal her duchy.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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An ancient, universal shamanic practice of wearing swan-feather cloaks created numerous muths of deities ableto transform themselves into swans.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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