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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* In the satirical 'legend' of Pope Joan, a woman went to Catholic school disguised as a boy and worked her way through the ecclesiastic ranks to Cardinal and finally Pope. Her cover was blown when she put her foot in the stirrup to mount her horse and promptly gave birth before a shocked audience.
* A double-subversion from [[The Bible]]: Sarah has overheard three men (actually [[Angel Unaware|angels in disguise]]) telling her husband that he and Sarah will have a son. She laughs because [[But I Can't Be Pregnant|she is old and has been infertile for a long time]], and gets [[What the Hell, Hero?|called out]] for laughing (and thus doubting the ability of God to make this possible) by the angels, which shuts her up. Sure enough, she does become pregnant, and she names her son Isaac
** [[Meaningful Name|Isaac's name means "he will laugh"]] - his mother laughed at the prospect of having a child at her age, and boy was she wrong!
== [[Theatre]] ==
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