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James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Angus, Scotland, Atlantis, Basques, Berbers, Bronze Age, Celtic Britons, Central America, David MacRitchie, Dean Cemetery, Donald Alexander Mackenzie, Edinburgh, Folklore studies, Greenland, Henry O'Brien (classicist), Ignatius L. Donnelly, Immanuel Velikovsky, Kʼicheʼ people, Maghreb, Maya civilization, Mexico, Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency), Monifieth, Myth, Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (Lewis Spence), National Party of Scotland, New World, Occult, Occultism in Nazism, Popol Vuh, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Scotland, Scottish folklore, Scottish independence, Scottish National Movement, Scottish National Party, The Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, The Scotsman, University of Edinburgh, 1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election.

  2. British encyclopedists
  3. Lemuria
  4. People from Monifieth
  5. Scots-language poets
  6. Scottish National Party politicians
  7. Scottish folklorists
  8. Scottish lexicographers

Angus, Scotland

Angus (Angus; Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

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Atlantis

Atlantis (Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος|island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations.

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Basques

The Basques (or; euskaldunak; vascos; basques) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons (*Pritanī, Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others).

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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David MacRitchie

David MacRitchie (16 April 1851 – 14 January 1925) was a Scottish folklorist and antiquarian. Lewis Spence and David MacRitchie are Scottish folklorists.

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Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland.

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie

Donald Alexander Mackenzie (24 July 1873 – 2 March 1936) was a Scottish journalist and folklorist and a prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. Lewis Spence and Donald Alexander Mackenzie are 20th-century Scottish historians, Mythographers, Scottish folklorists and Scottish journalists.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Folklore studies

Folklore studies (less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom) is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Henry O'Brien (classicist)

Henry O'Brien (1808–1835) was an Irish classicist and author best known for his hypothesis concerning Irish round towers.

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Ignatius L. Donnelly

Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (November 3, 1831 – January 1, 1901) was an American Congressman, populist writer, and fringe scientist. Lewis Spence and Ignatius L. Donnelly are Atlantis proponents.

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Immanuel Velikovsky

Immanuel Velikovsky (p; 17 November 1979) was a Russian-American psychoanalyst, writer, and catastrophist. Lewis Spence and Immanuel Velikovsky are Mythographers.

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Kʼicheʼ people

Kʼicheʼ (pronounced; previous Spanish spelling: Quiché) are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples.

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Maghreb

The Maghreb (lit), also known as the Arab Maghreb (اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world.

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Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950.

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Monifieth

Monifieth (Monadh Fotha) is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland.

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Myth

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.

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Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (Lewis Spence)

Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria is a book written by Lewis Spence, published in 1916.

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National Party of Scotland

The National Party of Scotland (NPS) was a centre-left political party in Scotland which was one of the predecessors of the current Scottish National Party (SNP).

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New World

The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.

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Occult

The occult (from occultus) is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.

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Occultism in Nazism

The association of Nazism with occultism occurs in a wide range of theories, speculation, and research into the origins of Nazism and into Nazism's possible relationship with various occult traditions.

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Popol Vuh

Popol Vuh (also Popul Vuh or Pop Vuj) is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, as well as areas of Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.

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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is a long-established anthropological organisation, and Learned Society, with a global membership.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish folklore

Scottish folklore (Scottish Gaelic: Beul-aithris na h-Alba) encompasses the folklore of the Scottish people from their earliest records until today.

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Scottish independence

Scottish independence (Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once again becoming a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom.

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Scottish National Movement

The Scottish National Movement (SNM) was a political organisation which campaigned for Scottish independence in the 1920s.

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scots National Pairty, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party.

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The Myths and Legends of the North American Indians

The Myths and Legends of the North American Indians is a book written by Lewis Spence and was first published in 1914 by London George G. Harrap & Company.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election

The 1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in Scotland on 29 January 1929 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Midlothian and Peebles Northern.

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See also

British encyclopedists

Lemuria

People from Monifieth

Scots-language poets

Scottish National Party politicians

Scottish folklorists

Scottish lexicographers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Spence

Also known as James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence, Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955.