Sentences with phrase «archetypal events»

But floods are archetypal events, as Guston's versions express.

Archetypal events in primordial or historical time offer patterns for human actions today.

A myth is not something that never happened; but an archetypal event that happens all the time.

Many people don't realize that a myth is not something that never happened; a myth is something that happens all the time, an archetypal event.

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He developed what he called the «hero tradition» to describe these archetypal features of history's most loved heroes; twenty - two common events likely to occur in a hero's life:

As noted in Chapter 2, significant archetypal or historical events are understood to manifest the enduring structures of the cosmic order.

Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.

The power of these stories lies beyond their fantastic setting and awesome events: they are timeless and archetypal; they challenge our point of view and sense of morality.

Forget The Boat Race, the Grand National, the Queen's second birthday and strawberries and cream (although they do work perfectly with the colour scheme we're aiming for), when it comes to archetypal English events, St George's Day is up there with the best.