Sentences with phrase «ancient fable»

Children of men pass down an ancient fable: «The power of the gods will be granted there...» Disciples of magic study an archaic myth: «The great mysteries shall be answered there...» Descendants of warriors recite their folklore: «The ultimate techniques can be mastered there...» Nomads of the plains exchange a fairy tale: «The lost treasures must be slumbering there...»

Our heroine, Parvana, inherits her father's gift for storytelling, and when the narrative reverts to an ancient fable she recounts, Twomey effortlessly transitions to cut - out animation.

The story of his aggressive rise preserves the exceedingly choice and ancient Fable of the Trees, or Jotham's Fable.

Folding your hands and talking to yourself or contemplating the modus operandi of a deity from some ancient fable won't make things better.

You can't wrap your head around the bible because it is nothing more than an ancient fable from the past and has no relevance with the advent of modern science and modern civilization.

I'm sorry, «Robert Brown», but the writings commonly known as the Old Testament are merely ancient fable and are completely without foundation.

The simplest way to «speak christian» would be to say... «I believe in ancient fables and morality tales.

You are free to live your life according to your ancient fables and myths.

The Leaps of Aesop» The exhibition «The Leaps of Aesop» tracks the many implications generated by Aesop, the writer of the ancient fables, who, in Geta Brătescu's system of thinking, becomes a playful and mischievous character and can be regarded as a metaphor for the condition of the artist.

Organized chronologically, the exhibition presents her work as a unitary project in which past and present become blurred, as in the ancient fables and narratives that have been an inspiration to her.»

Not exact matches

«That was an insane number driven by crazy credit and should be viewed the same as gods of ancient Greece and other fables or myths.»

It just means that they are divinely inspired fables that ancient people could understand.

Nature gives us this awesome and advanced brain and the majority of the world p i s s it away believing in an ancient set of fables instead of using common sense and educating themselves even a little bit about history.

So I studied Mormonism for two months and came away with enough knowledge to realize what I discovered was amazing fallacy, fables and ancient tales that had been woven and rewoven in an effort to produce consistency where none exists.

I am sure this freak could easily justify his actions in the fabled words of the ancient sand dwellers that became the bible.

Its false belief in imaginery beings and based on a book of fables written by ancient goat herders

They are collections of Sayings or Quotations from ancient classical literature, Sathaka literature, Proverbs, Fables or Panchatanthra and Riddles.

He goes even to the extent of saying that the Greek fables of Aesop and the Arabian fables of Lokman (or Lukman) owed much to the ancient Indiansxliv.

The Fable is probably a contemporary commentary on one man's consuming ambition played out perhaps sometime around 1100 B.C. in the central hill country of ancient Palestine.

Here one finds the dull report of the census - taker, the uninspired but minute directions for the performance of the cult, stories of man's beginnings and that of many of the common experiences of his life, such as language, relationship of races, why the rainbow; colorful stories, of the might and prowess of ancient ancestors of the race, riddles, puns, fables, prayers, songs that have become almost the universal songs of the human race, the history of the rise and fall of dynasties, the preaching of reformers and prophets, the questioning of it all by men grown weary of the struggle, proverbial sayings of great wisdom; the dreams of conquest both of earth and heaven.

The genesis of Beloved was the passion for sustainable rural communities of a member of the Omani Royal family, and the cradle of the brand grew in Nizwa — the ancient capital of Oman and an important crossroad on the fabled spice route.

The first two hours of each day are devoted to the Main Lesson block, with Language Arts, Math, Science, and History taught artistically through developmentally appropriate stories, including fairy tales, saints and fables, Hebrew scriptures, Norse Myths, Ancient India, Ancient Rome, the Renaissance, and American History.

The fabled crime writer was married to the distinguished Mesopotamologist Sir Max Mallowan, veteran of ancient sites such as Nimrud, Ur and Nineveh (Modern Mosul) in Iraq and Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak in Syria.

Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children understand cause and effect relationships.

Already, in ancient Greece and Rome, the fables attributed to the half - legendary Aesop were set in an indefinite period of the past «when animals talked like human beings.»

Gaining a better understanding of the relationship between the great kivas and great houses in Chaco Canyon and the vestiges of similar buildings in 150 other communities scattered across the Four Corners region could help shed light on the rise and fall of one of the most fabled ancient civilizations in North America.

Behind each asana and its corresponding movements is an ancient story about a god, sage, or sacred animal, much like Aesop's fables or European folktales.

At its heart The Hallow is a fable about ancient creatures updated for the modern era.

Villainous Lord Shen is introduced (in an exquisite Ancient Chinese - ey fable) as a bonkers noble who misused the gift of fireworks to make a terrible weapon, was banished, but has returned to make all China bow at his feet.

An ancient myth of a fabled creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her friend Fawn, an animal fairy who's not afraid to break the rules to help an animal in need.

As players make their way to the fabled Ringed City they will encounter ancient beasts, a new cast of characters teetering on the edge of insanity, new armor, weapons, magic, and at the bottom of it all, a long lost city filled with new horrors for players to overcome.

Premise: In ancient Oceania in the South Pacific, the young princess Moana Waialiki (voice of Auli'i Cravalho) is a born navigator who sets sail in search of a fabled island.

When one of them steals an Egyptian relic from a casino, an ancient curse is unleashed on the fabled strip.

Word has it that the fabled Muses of ancient Greece, bored with a life of eternal ambrosia and frolic on the slopes of Mt. Helicon, have decided to take mortal form as teachers at a high school on Washington's Olympic Peninsula (naturally).

Linari's excellent performance underlines the graceful language and strong images in this fable that blends science and social and political factors in the story of a threatened and ancient red oak tree and the friends who rally to save it.

We'll never know for sure whether these fables actually were first told by Aesop himself (who is said to have lived in Greece around 600 BC), or even if Aesop existed as a person, but they do appear to have been part of the oral tradition of ancient Greece.

Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the ancient, fabled Fatima; and Baybars, the slave prince who vanquished the Crusaders.

The history goes back a long way to collections such as Aesop's Fables which date back to ancient Greece and are thought to have been compiled in the 6th century BC.

The Quest for Z brings young readers the story of Percy Fawcett's early 20th - century explorations in the Amazon, where he hoped to find the fabled, ancient city of «Z.» Readers know from 2015's Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower that Greg Pizzoli writes about complicated people with honesty and never condescends to young readers.

It's an incredibly comforting thought knowing my stories will be around forever like the mythology of ancient Greece or fables and folklore of olden times.

Written in the very sparing style of Ancient Eastern fables, the plot is easy enough to understand, but the beauty is that it works on many deeper levels too.

Heaney, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995, wrote many other works of translation including The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables, translated from middle Scots; from ancient Greek, The Burial at Thebes; Sophocles» Antigone; Sweeney Astray, translated from Irish; and the Anglo - Saxon poem Beowulf, Heaney's biggest selling book according to Nielsen BookScan records.

Learn More Mediterranean & Adriatic Experience up close the sun - soaked cultures, romantic cities steeped in an ancient past and the rich culinary and wine - making traditions of the fabled Mediterranean.

Uncover the secrets of pharaohs and ancient civilizations as you sail along the fabled Nile River.

After a series of heart - pounding raids and newfound shrines within The Great Plateau, the trials the fabled Champions took upon 100 years ago pop up within their respective homelands, be they deciphering cryptic clues or taking down ancient beasts.

In order to recover a fabled ancient Indian artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless war profiteer, Chloe Frazer must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross (from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End).

It wasn't until an eccentric but dedicated historian writing a paper for a renowned academic journal (Retro Gamer issue 63) pieced together the complete saga of Willy's heroic exploits from fragments of scattered evidence - in the form of obscure retellings of the «Manic Miner» folk fable in ancient languages readable only via long - obsolete machines - that the whole truth was finally revealed.»

In order to recover a fabled ancient Indian artefact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless war profiteer, Chloe Frazer must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross (from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End).

Titan Quest borrows the epic hero's journey and many fable elements from the ancient Greek cookbook and puts you into the maelstrom of an heroic quest.

A TRULY MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE ● Join a GUILD and dominate the leaderboards ● Team up with friends, or go head - to - head in the ARENA ● Ride epic MOUNTS like the fabled Pegasus into battle BEGIN A HERO AND BECOME A GOD ● Earn Godly Powers and expand your SKILL TREE ● Unlock the path to Mt. Olympus and the WINGS OF A GOD ● Enlist Centaurs, Phoenixes and Griffons to join you on your quest to godhood CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTER ● Become a legendary WARRIOR, deadly ARCHER, or powerful MAGE ● ENHANCE your strength and appearance with epic weapons and armor ● CRAFT enchanted gear and grow your Might ● COLLECT rare loot drops as you explore Ancient Greece BECOME GREECE \»S GREATEST HERO ● Team up with HERCULES and PERSEUS ● Enter the LABYRINTH and fight the mighty MINOTAUR ● Fight infamous Monsters like MEDUSA and the CYCLOPS ONE GAME — MANY WAYS TO PLAY ● ACTION — Command your Hero in strategic battles ● STRATEGY — BUILD your city and expand your FARM ● ROLE PLAYING — Explore STORY MODE and brave dungeons solo Legacy of Zeus — Begin a Hero, Become a God!