Sentences with phrase «in ancient legends»

For years the Espers have existed only in ancient legends.

In an ancient legend that depicts various cultures, blind men who had never seen an elephant decided to examine a small part and figure out what an elephant looked like.

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That can't be proved, of course, so every such case resides in the limbo of urban legend and ancient superstition.

An ancient Hebrew legend (not in the Bible) tells us that God did not open up the Red Sea for the fleeing Israelites to pass through until one of them boldly jumped into the sea to lead the way.

Because the name is one with the essence of the thing named great care and ceremony were exercised in the giving of names; and we find reflected in the legends of Genesis an inordinate interest in the origin of ancient names of both places and people.

Remembering that the faith of Israel is portrayed in the legends of Genesis primarily by the selection and arrangement of narratives which had an independent and often ancient origin, we need not wonder that the story of Peniel retains something of the enigmatic and primitive from its origin.

The unworldly thinker is a figure of ancient legend: Socrates himself, of course, losing himself in thought at the threshold of a dinner party, as described in Plato's Symposium; or Thales, who reportedly fell into a well from looking at the stars; or Diogenes the Cynic, whose only request to Alexander the Great upon meeting him was that he get out of his sunlight.

It's the same thing with many other legends / tales like phoenixes for example are in dozens of ancient tales from across the word (Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian (American and Arab / middle eastern).

But I learned that famed classical historian A.N. Sherwin - White of Oxford said it took more than two generations in the ancient world for legends to develop and wipe out a solid core of historical truth.

Form criticism, building on the foundations of the immense comparative studies of the religionsgeschichtliche Schule, dismissed the stories as typical products of the legend - making propensities of ancient religious movements, to be paralleled in both Jewish and Hellenistic religious literature.

These bizarre events are also echoed in the legends and myths of every ancient culture upon the earth: the ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, the Hindus, the South Sea Islanders, the American Indians, and virtually all the others.

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.

The backdrop of legend, which in the ancient world made life's history on the earth seem a matter of centuries, has for us been lifted, revealing a vista of uncounted millenniums of organic life, suffering unfathomable agony long before man was here to sin at all.

The legends (worded in the ancient tribal hymn) lie cradled in the seagull's call.

A Greek legend, no doubt concocted by an ancient vegetable merchant, recounts the Oracle of Delphi saying to Apollo, «The radish is worth its weight in lead, the beet its weight in silver, and the horseradish its weight in gold.»

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The ancient Greeks are thought to be the first to have cultivated the plant and even gave the herb its own legend in classic mythology.

Despite that rather melodramatic beginning, marathon running developed into a comparatively low - risk event, or at least it was until England's Chris Stewart, the third - place finisher in both the 1976 and»77 New York Marathons, turned the ancient Greek legend on its head and began running relief supplies across sniper - infested battle lines and into the broken heart of Croatia and Bosnia - Herzegovinia.

In Ancient Rome, the legend of the twin brothers who founded the city (Romulus and Remus) made the birth of twin boys a blessing, while twin girls were seen as an unlucky burden, since both would have to be provided with an expensive dowry at about the same time.

Aregbesola who described the throne of Ooni as institution that has successfully assembled a panoply of eminent personalities from all over the world to the ancient city of Ile - Ife, in Osun State expressed greater pleasure in the fact that the ancient town has tremendously lived up to the legend of the spot where creation began.

YICHANG, China — According to legend, one of China's ancient emperors — Da Yu, or Yu the Great — changed the course of Chinese history by placing a mountain in front of the Yangtze River, forcing it to flow east through the Middle Kingdom (instead of south like the other great rivers that rise in the same Yunnan region of southwest China).

5000 B.C. Legend of the tooth worm: The first documented reference, in a Sumerian text, of a myth popular throughout the ancient world that a worm living in your gums caused dental pain and cavities.

The presence of cannabis in her tomb may not be that meaningful, though, says Adrienne Mayor, who wrote about the maiden in The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World.

First used in ancient Chinese culture, legend has it that these stones were used in royal palaces to help monarchs lead long, healthy sex lives.

Women in ancient Egypt — including Cleopatra, according to legend — used to bathe in milk for its beautifying effects.

One reason for this name derives from a legend that in ancient times those who found maitakes growing wild in the woods would dance with joy upon discovering them because they were worth -LSB-...]

Hawaii's history in story and legend is ancient and proud, dating back at least a thousand years before American...

Hawaii's history in story and legend is ancient and proud,

Two teenage, yoga - enthusiast girls team up with monster - hunting legend Guy LaPointe in order to stop a rising ancient evil that threatens their party plans.

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Whether protecting the ancient Hebrew Ark of the Covenant (as seen in the prequel Raiders of the Lost Ark) or uncovering other antique artifacts, the indestructible hero does for dusty old relics and legends what Bill Nye did for science and lab coats.

Wolfen is not a werewolf movie by strict definition but it delves into American Indian lore involving shapeshifters and ancient animal spirits as well as urban legends of an underground culture of wolves who hunt in the cities.

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... and half thought they were in a serious adaptation of ancient Japanese legend, so they showed up to work prepared to deliver their often substantial acting chops.

Starring Julia Stiles, Scott Speedman, and Stephen Rea, Out of the Dark is a ghost story set in South America, where a young family's new life turns from promising to terrifying when they are forced to confront ancient legends, ghosts, and a haunting family secret.

This medieval mish - mosh attempts to incorporate Ritchie's wearing - thin shtick of quick - edits, jagged cuts and seizure - inducing visuals with the legend of the Round Table, complete with massive battle elephants (think «300,» but on boatloads of HGH), African warriors (who no doubt dotted the ancient British landscape), Asian kung - fu masters (the film even uses the term, «kung - fu,» believe it or not), exploding arrows and, of course, the famed sword Excalibur which, after being removed from its stone prison, begins to take on a life its own (certainly much more than those acting in this film).

The ancient entity known in human legend as the Djinn can grant a person's wildest dreams.

Absent an ember, there can be no smoke; there is a kernel of truth in all such ancient legends and, in light of today's astronomical knowledge, they can not be easily, or wisely, dismissed.

While in a remote region of the Himalayas, explorer M.G. Hawking and his companions experience three encounters with individuals they believe to be the true «star beings» of ancient legends.

While deep in the Great Range of the Himalaya, the author and his companions experience three encounters with individuals they believe to be the true Ri - iha - mo, the «celestials» of ancient legend.

In this stunning retelling of the ancient Iroquois legend of Hiawatha and Deganawida (the Peacemaker), this concept is made very clear.

-- Mark Twain Drawn from the archived journals and field notes of explorer M.G. Hawking's five years in exceedingly remote areas of the world, this book explores several of the most captivating of all ancient legends, stories that for thousands of years have fascinated and inspired millions.

Together, they embark on a journey that takes them far from home and down winding mountain trails where their actions set in motion the unravelling of an ancient legend that threatens the lives of all dwarfs.

Absent an ember, there can be no smoke; there is a kernel of truth in all such ancient and enduring legends, and they can not be easily, or wisely, dismissed.

The power and depth of ancient legend created a strong and multi-layered tapestry in which to weave the threads of my story, and the Fates» responsibilities — creating life, determining destiny, and ending life — represent human transitions perfectly.

A war that we thought was merely a part of our ancient myths and legends, but unknown to us, is still being waged everyday in our skies.

According to an ancient Celtic legend it is said that on the night of Samhain, a night that is outside the cycle of time because it belongs neither to the Old Year that has just ended nor the New Year that has not yet begun, it may be possible to discern, in the mists that separate the world of the living from that of the spirits, a man who wanders in search of the road to Paradise.

In the myths and legends of ancient civilizations one can find a large number of confirmations of the «transformation» of a man into a woman, or vice versa, and this was written about as a quite ordinary phenomenon.

An adventure beneath the earth's surface An ancient legend tells of a long - gone continent called Magmatic, buried in a volcanic eruption -LSB-...]

In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder.