Sentences with phrase «celtic mythology»

Steeped in German folk tradition, the stag assumes particular meaning in Beuys» work as a spiritual being, an «accompanier of the soul» in Celtic mythology and a signifier of the crucified Christ.

With a story plunged deep into the roots of Norse and Celtic mythology, follow Senua as she tries to not get lost in her own head and battles demons both physical and mental.

Seasons After Fall is a 2D platformer from indie studio Swing Swing Submarine with some fairly unique mechanics and a story somewhat rooted in Celtic mythology, revealed to the player in pieces as they travel through bucolic deserted landscapes.

It was Koizuma - san who came up with the name Epona, after the goddess of horses and fertility in Celtic mythology, having apparently been briefly called «Ao», a Japanese word for a blue - green colour with no equivalent word in English, associated with horses because of the exceptionally rare blue roan coloration.

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The ancient gods of Celtic mythology have returned, and all that stands between them and complete domination are five flawed mortals

His Elric novels are the reason I'm a writer and I'm sure the Corum novels had something to do with my love of Celtic mythology.

Screening as part of this year's Sydney Film Festival, elements of Celtic mythology unfamiliar to the many who view the Oscar - nominated animated feature are rendered all that more engaging for both their vivid portrayal and demonstrated relevance and fusion within a current setting.

By interweaving Celtic mythology and mental health issues, it challenges players to move forward despite natural impediments.

In Celtic mythology, there was a famous Irish hero who lived in the 3rd century, and his name was Finn Mac Cumhail.

According to Celtic mythology, the Overtoun House area is known to be a «thin place» — a place where the barrier between the natural and supernatural world is at its thinnest.

Provoked to visual explosions by the great Indian epic, The Ramayana, and by Celtic mythologies - they are not illustrations or literal translations; instead, they are transformations from myths to mysterious worlds where the boundaries between underworld and waking earth are traversable, terror coexists with joy, and loss must always yield to renewal.

Not exact matches

Persian mythology, in many respects, has a «Titanic» rather than «Olympian» feel, oddly similar in some respects to Celtic, and if you read it, you will know what Matthew Arnold was going on about in «Sohrab and Rustum.»

Nash can also be traced back to Norse, Celtic, and Germanic mythology, and refers to man that lived near an ash tree.

Nancy Farmer compares Greek and Norse mythology, discusses how Christianity absorbed elements of Celtic and Norse religions and shares a Swedish recipe for cooked seal flippers.

Hellblade's story is based on Celtic and Norse mythology which makes a refreshing change from the somewhat overused Greek mythology used in a lot of different media.

Going into Hellblade I didn't know much about Celtic and Norse mythology so I was fascinated to learn more about it and it was implemented into the plot very interestingly.

The «independent AAA game» was inspired by Norse mythology and Celtic culture.

The narrative is deeply rooted in Celtic and Norse mythology.

I ultimately found myself wanting something closer to last year's Hellblade, which blended Celtic and Norse mythology in an uncomfortable and cerebral package that bordered on horror.

Here's hoping that Hellblade, a gorgeous action game set in a world inspired by Celtic and Norse mythology, keeps the first trend intact while bucking the last one once and for all.

Hellblade blends Celtic and Norse mythology to tell the story of Senua as she navigates through an underworld composed from reality and certain projections of her own crumbling mind.

The action of the game combines elements from the Celtic culture and the Norse mythology as Senua tries to reach Helheim (a different name for hell) by defeating various monsters.

Given that Senua is from Orkney and her culture is predominantly Celtic, the stories of Norse mythology initially seem out of place, except for the fact she is venturing into unknown territory.

It's also where she collects her antique and found objects — a wide selection of which were displayed at Gavin Brown's enterprise last year — and her work draws frequently on Cape Breton's mythology, part of her wider interest in Celtic folklore (Joyce was a very early point of reference).

Regular visits to India keep that inventory growing and nourish her curiosities for Indo - European mythologies, incorporating South Asian, Scandinavian, and Celtic influences.

These include contemporary fields such as science fiction and modernist industrial design (during high school, Jaramillo and a selected group of other students would make weekly visits to the celebrated designer Charles Eames's studio) as well as Celtic and Greek mythologies, pre-Hispanic and non-Western systems of spatial organisation, and classical and sacred geometry.