menhir

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In the latest adventure, Obelix -- the menhir delivery man with superhuman strength -- suffers a particularly bad bout of "saudade", and at one point laments: "I'm feeling down while being overjoyed."

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

The magic system has an almost science-fiction element to it, with lots of medical talk about magical maladies and a well-rendered in-line breakdown of how “Outlander”-esque menhir travel works.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

With so much unmonitored traffic at the monument, Mr. Castaño is concerned about the possible damage to the fingerlike menhir at the entrance to the burial vault.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

“If the curvy line does represent the ancient course of the Tagus, the menhir may be the oldest realistic map in the world,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

One of the avenues is two hundred and sixty feet long, and one is double for a part of the way, and each of the three starts from a menhir, or long stone.

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind