Sentences with phrase «earlier myths and legends»

Most biblical stories were adoptions of earlier myths and legends, such as the virgin birth, creation and Noah's flood.

Not exact matches

You can introduce them to classics at an early age, to read myths and legends and stories connected with topics you are studying.

Professor Chris Stringer was an adviser on the programme and explained that the legend of the hairy caveman was one of many myths that arose from the 1856 discovery, «We didn't then have the very early fossil record we now possess from Africa, so people tried to place the Neanderthal in the position of «the missing link».

At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.

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?

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.

The Early Search trips were disorganized, rough and raw and many of the voyages were based on myth and legend, but no matter the outcome - dream trip or disaster - they were all insane adventures.