Sentences with phrase «by myths and legends»
Winchester (formerly known as Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built) is the latest spooky offering from the filmmaking siblings Michael and Peter Spierig, and was inspired by the myths and legends that have sprung up over the years around the infamous Winchester Mystery House.
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«The story about «spreading the faith by the sword» is an evil legend, one of the myths that grew up in Europe during the great wars against the Muslims — the reconquista of Spain by the Christians, the Crusades and the repulsion of the Turks, who almost conquered Vienna.
Belief in myths and legends and a life filled with puerile wish thinking, ruled by threats and promises is an insult to us as a species.
If, as we suspect, the myths and legends of Genesis are shaped by Israel's faith, what does this mean?
By the term «myth» we mean to convey our understanding that what is narrated is not a literal occurrence of the past; and by legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the pastBy the term «myth» we mean to convey our understanding that what is narrated is not a literal occurrence of the past; and by legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the pastby legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the past.2
Whatever the original intent of Old Testament myth and legend, it is shaped, preserved and understood in Israel by faith.
The «tales» of Genesis, it flatly stated, were a mix of «myth, legend, distant memory and search for origins, bound together by the strands of a central theological concept.»
This is an attempt to recover the power possessed by words before they were smothered by a scientific and technological culture, words that once rendered immeasurable services to the human spirit, words that danced, sang, teased, lured, probed, wept, judged, and transformed, words that joined hands artfully into analogies, metaphors, riddles, paradoxes, parables, poems, legends, and myths.
The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good, practical, advice for beneficial human behavior (advice which can be gleaned in other places and by other means, btw); but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.
Baily Winery Shakespeare in the Vines presents «A Midsummer Night's Dream» at Baily Winery / July 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 / Show time 7 pm — 9:30 pm / Directed by Daniel Baca / Set in a time when myths were current events, legends were history, and magic was real, A Midsummer Night's Dream transports us to Ancient Greece where four days of adventure are compressed into a single night by magic!
The Box of Stars: A Practical Guide to the Night Sky and to its Myths and Legends by Catherine Tennant, Chatto & Windus, # 14.99
[* Get the latest e-book collection of Vince's methods, quotes, workouts and advice Vince Gironda: Legend & Myth by Alan Palmieri, one of Vince's students.
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Directed by Paul Mercier, the film is a modern take on the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne — a contemporary myth about the pursuit of power, class, love and the chance to start again.
If so, then this might just be the film for you since, intentionally or not, Manson Family Vacation (which was also purchased by Netflix at SXSW) ultimately ends up romanticizing the man, the myth and the legend that is Charles Manson.
The game is inspired by Spanish myths and legends.
Paramount comes out with a new two - disc special edition with new commentary by Peter Bogdanovich (which he supplements with archival recordings from his interviews with John Ford and James Stewart), a second track with bonus audio clips of Ford, Stewart and Lee Marvin and a new seven - part featurette «The Size of Legends, The Souls of Myth.»
The screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely uses very basic storytelling elements, but they work because like legends or myths, this sort of tale thrives on some very simple motivations and challenges.
Disc 2 — Original U.S. Theatrical version with Tangerine Dream score: 89 minutes, with English Dolby Surround / Documentary: «Creating A Myth: The Making of Legend» (51:00) / Isolated Score by Tangerine Dream / «Lost Scenes» «Alternate Opening: Four Goblins» (10:33 — 2.35:1 Ltbx) and «Faerie Dance» (2:45 — recreation with audio, and 80 images of photos and storyboards) / Bryan Ferry's «Is Your Love Strong Enough?»
It has been understood at least since the publication of Russel Ward's The Australian Legend that white Australians were one of the most urbanised peoples in the world, but maintained the myth, at least before the changing of Australian society by post-war immigration, that they were really country people who were forced to live in cities and that their natural home was the bush.
Play 2 Theseus and the Minotaur Play 3 Tale of Two Spinners Play 4 The Gorgon's Head Play 5 Pandora's Box Other Ancient Civilisation scripts written by Sue Russell (available off www.plays-r-ussell.com until added to TES website): Assemblies: Ancient Greece (2 assemblies, Units 14 & 15) Ancient Egypt Ancient China Ancient Rome Indus Valley Ancient Sumer Baghdad: Early Islamic Civilisation Maya civilisation Benin civilisation & Aztecs Majority of these have supplementary guided reading scripts e.g. Myths and Legends from Different Civilizations • Play 1 Ancient Egypt: The Story of Isis & Osiris • Play 2 Ancient Rome: The Story of Romulus & Remus • Play 3 Russia: Babushka • Play 4 Ancient China: The Monkey Who Would Be King • Play 5 The Story of Savitri and Satyavan Also available, if you need «the Big Picture»: Ancient Civilisations Assembly — a collective assembly, covering 6 ancient civilisations, answering questions When?
Bubba and Squirt's Big Dig to China By Sherry Ellis Print ISBN 9781939844507 eBook ISBN 9781939844514 Juvenile Fiction - Action Adventure / Legends, Myths, Fables: Asian
In the Kindle Store, Legend has been... # 1 > Paranormal Fantasy Top 20 ebook in Paranormal FantasyTop 100 bestseller in Paranormal Fantasy Orphaned as a child, Samantha grew up into a strong but lonely woman working on her doctorate thesis by researching the history of myths and legends.
The «YDB» event, which occurred circa 10,770 BC, is thought to have been caused by the impacts or air - bursts of several comets, resulting in massive shockwaves and firestorms sweeping across continents, initiating a 1200 year - long epoch of terminal environmental change and catastrophic faunal extinction, effectively wiping all but traces of early civilizations from the historical record.This book explores the forbidden and deeply profound secrets of a magnificent lost civilization, revealing knowledge long concealed in myth and legend.
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Baffled by the case, Trakes is sent to meet with a history professor, Alwyn Lloyd, who specializes in myths and legends.
Bill Willingham's Fables, his take on the creatures of myth and legend as their lives intersect with our world, has been a strong seller for DC Comics» Vertigo imprint and was optioned for a pilot by ABC.
Revered by some and feared by others, these unique creatures have conjured up countless myths and legends by people from the world over.
Indonesian myths and legends surround this place and you can get to know them better by seeing the city's artwork and dance shows, as well as taking a tour or two with a local.
Mt. Etna overlooks the city, an active volcano that inspired myths and legends never forgotten by the Catanian people.
Exclusive edition Representing the character straight from Okami, the game combines several Japanese myths, legends and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf.
2011 California Dreamin — Myths And Legends Of Los Angeles, Curated by Hedi Slimane, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2011 Nine Faces, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Three to Five Faces, Shane Campbell, Chicago, IL Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Malevich and the American Legacy, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY California Dreamin: Myths and Legends of Los Angeles, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 2010 Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Seven Faces, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA The Artist's Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980 — 2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Group Show 2010, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France Benches and Binoculars, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN At Home / Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale - on - Hudson, NY (curated by Matthew Higgs) Mark Grotjahn, Jonathan Lasker, Sol LeWitt, Allan McCollum, James Siena, James Welling, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York, NY (curated by Jeff Koons) Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY 2009 Gagosian Gallery, London, UK 2008 Dancing Black Butterflies, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland Blue Paintings Light to Dark One through Ten, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 2005 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK Mark Grotjahn: Drawings, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2003 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Mark Grotjahn: el gran burrito, Boom, Chicago, IL Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA 1998 Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA Flowers in the Office, Brent Petersen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Absence / Presence: Contemporary Abstraction, Sonoma Sate University, Rohnert Park, CA Contemporary painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Malevich and the American Legacy, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY California Dreamin: Myths and Legends of Los Angeles, curated by Hedi Slimane, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France Selections from the Collection of Buck A. Mickel, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
But for two lawyers in particular, baseball is almost an obsession, one defined by debunking common myths and legends about America's past time.