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- detrimental impact on their history. Yet, legends surrounding the dreamcatcher ... ==Legends== ===Ojibwa=== According to Ojibwe legend, long ago, Asibikaashi ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- ==Legends== Legends abound as to the tactics used to induct members into what ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- It has been speculated by some medical professionals that the legends ... * Bray, Anna Eliza. Legends, Superstitions And Sketches Of Devonshire ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 06:21, 24 November 2022
- predecessors, incorporating many myths and legends about supernatural transformations ... written by heroines of various myths and legends. The letters are really ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- In nearly all versions of golem legends, golems lack the power of ... ==Golem legends== Having a golem servant was seen as the ultimate symbol ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- of all. A vast storehouse of parables, legends and stories, with multiple ... Purāṇas, which deal with the origin and legends of particular castes (the ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- == Legends == [[Image:Dongguan Guanyinshan.jpg|thumb|320px|right|Guan ... countries have added many distinctive legends to the life of Guan Yin ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- ==Origins of incubi legends== been offered for the origin of the incubus legends. They involve the Medieval ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
- ==Legends regarding Beopjusa== [[Image:Beopjusa_bowing_tree.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Pine tree that bowed to King Sejo.]] Holy Relics. It is said ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- leading to the Gobi Desert, and the legends of the gold-hoarding griffin ... While it is possible that ancient cultures devised griffin legends ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- and thence to St. Andrews. Local legends say that the relics were ... ==Scottish legends== [[Image:Flag of Scotland.svg|thumb|190px|left ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- ==Legends== Accounts of He Xiangu's assumption into the ranks of the immortals can be found numerous times throughout the vast corpus of ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 09:15, 20 January 2024
- According to some legends, basilisks can be killed by hearing the ... gaze of the basilisk, but he denied other legends, such as the rooster hatching ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- god Bel or the dragon, but relates several legends about the prophet Daniel ... known as the Septuagint. However, these legends were not accepted by the ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- Many legends are told about St. Patrick's activities in Ireland ... ==Legends== There are many legends associated with the life of St. ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- *Sefer Ha-Aggadah (The Book of Legends) is a classic compilation of ... *Legends of the Jews, by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, is an original synthesis ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 17:38, 27 January 2024
- * Storm, Rachel. Asian Mythology: Myths and Legends of China, Japan ... gutenberg.org/etext/15250 Myths & Legends of China]. Retrieved July ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- His early life is surrounded with legends of his supposed adventures ... ==Legends== As with many of the great rabbis of this and other periods ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- ==Legends about Sinmun and Manmu== Legend has it that King Manum told Sinmun, "Cremate my remains and scatter the ashes in the sea where ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- While his father taught him rabbinical legends, his mother read him German ... literature, the Mishnah, and the rabbinic legends. Some examples include: ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 20:00, 21 April 2023
- psychological need to believe in myths, legends, and the existence of life ... and monasteries, as well as stories and legends passed down by the people ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- ==Legends== Unlike many of the immortals, most tales of Zhang Guo's exploits refer to the time after his ascension to the ranks of the xian ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- ==Portrayals and Legends of Bodhidharma== Despite his revered status ... Several legends are associated with Bodhidharma, notably his role ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- for other deities. Several myths and legends (including Sarasvati's ... These legends reflect the declining patterns of worship given to the ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs ... folklore. For example, the Arthurian legends can be viewed as both an ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- ==Legends== Popular legends of Nagarjuna's life state that he traveled deep ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- ==Buddhist legends concerning the site of the Mahabodhi Temple== Buddhist commentaries give the site of the Bodhi tree at Bodhigaya as the same ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 05:24, 5 November 2022
- New Testament apocrypha, and a series of legends grew around him during the ... Legends about the arrival of Christianity in Britain abounded during ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- with two very old, very much respected legends of King Arthur, and Homer ... to the heroic past, both in ancient legends and in recent British military ...9 KB (1,502 words) - 16:53, 20 July 2023
- ==Legends== Two important legends played an important role in making Hampi (the ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- ==Legends== ===Northern conquests=== Since ancient times Karikala became the subject of many myths, which in modern times have often been accepted ...14 KB (1,806 words) - 20:57, 26 March 2024
- There are two main legends that directly deal with the Sirens. The ... Later legends stated that the Sirens were actively engaged with the ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- of the early Irish monastic saints whose legends are deeply ingrained in ... over the question of whether the legends are based on actual events ...12 KB (1,898 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- seen as the primary source for Arthurian legends in the English language ... some familiarity with Middle-Eastern legends. Despite his asides, Malory ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- ==Silkworm legends== In China, there is a legend that the discovery ... it became widespread. There are many more legends about the silkworm. ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- Geoff Armstrong, Legends of Cricket, Allen and Unwin, 2003, ISBN 1865088366 ... *Armstrong, G. Legends of Cricket. Imago Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1865088366 ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 22:26, 3 May 2023
- bird but the body of a man. In early tengu legends, they did such evil deeds ... * Sikes, Wirt. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- mythology, including creation myths and legends, and myths concerning the ... twelfth century B.C.E.. The myths and the legends were passed down orally ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- Jo Allum, Sharon Leece, Christine Meaney, and Vivien Jones, Legends ... Christine Meaney, and Vivien Jones. 2006. Legends of the Dragon: Celebrating ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- ordinary Japanese life, traditions, and legends. Around 1798, he began landscape ... including flowers, birds, and scenery from legends and everyday life. Some ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 00:06, 25 August 2023
- which incorporated material from oral legends, Tang poetry, and Yuan opera ... in Sanguo Zhi Zhu, together with oral legends and material from Tang Dynasty ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- ==Legends about Tongdosa== There was a large lake at the location where Tongdosa was built, and the area was called Guryongji, or ‘Nine Dragons ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- started feuding as early as 1076. Due to legends surrounding use of hashish ... these missions in public places" and legends developed around these stories ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 08:37, 25 January 2023
- Thomas Malory's compilation of the legends of King Arthur and the Knights ... *The Boy's Mabinogion (1881), based on the early Welsh legends ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- After his father’s death, Whittier published Legends of New England ... *Legends of New England in Prose and Verse (1831) *Miriam and Other ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- == Legends == Lilavati, his book on arithmetic, is the source of interesting legends ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 16:27, 21 January 2022
- his figure became associated with many legends. The Sumerian literature ... The many legends associated with Sargon I ensured that his memory ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child-murdering monster feared for her malevolence. According the Greek legends, ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- pit in the ground.Ella E. Clark, Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest ... Native American Sweat Lodge: History and Legends (The Crossing Press, 1993 ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Bacher, in his analysis of Talmudic legends, wrote that the similes ... *Bialik, Hayyim N. and Yehoshua H. Ravnitzky (eds.). The Book of Legends/Sefer ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 09:06, 30 December 2021
- Since there have been assertions that legends of dragons were based on ... which has come to dominate fairy tales and legends, but it is also the prominent ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- of these stories under the title Legends of Vancouver. They remain ... Rock in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. In Legends of Vancouver, Johnson relates ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 23 November 2022
- he is the subject of numerous myths and legends. Patañjali is believed ... ===Legends=== According to the works of Patañjali's contemporary ...18 KB (2,929 words) - 09:05, 18 November 2022
- dragon-like creatures) occur commonly in legends around the world, different ... Scholars have attempted to uncover the true source of dragon legends ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- *Roberts, Russell. 100 baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History ... *Vecchione, Joseph J. The New York Times Book of Sports Legends. New ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- categorizing of tales as folktales, legends, and proper myths, simple ... * legends–stories about the (usually more recent) past, which generally ...11 KB (1,616 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- voyages to Vinland are two Icelandic legends, the Saga of Eric the Red ... knowledge of the northern lands and their legends. The Viking sagas were recorded ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Later Roman legends about Orion also exist, ... Roman legends, for example, describe Orion as earthborn and of enormous ...11 KB (1,784 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- hero of one nation. Countless new legends, stories, revisions, books ... influence. Over the centuries, Arthurian legends took on a increasingly civilized ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- as a Christian at age 12 or 13. Later legends add that, before her death ... Many folk tales and legends of Saint Agnes circulated in Europe in ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- ==Myths and legends of the midnight ride== In his poem, Longfellow ... Popular myths and urban legends have persisted, though, concerning ...20 KB (3,121 words) - 01:31, 23 November 2022
- Owens, [http://www.allaboutunicorns.com/legends.php Unicorn Legends] All ... existing animal, and its significance in legends of justice and prophecy ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- ==Legends== Soon after Ephrem's death, legendary accounts of his life began to circulate. One of the earliest of these is the statement that ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- St. Vladimir on July 15. A large number of legends and Russian folk songs were ... by innumerable Russian folk ballads and legends, which refer to him as Krasno ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- unlock ancient secrets and confirm Mayan legends. Much about Mayan civilization ... of the old Maya civilization, and the legends concerning the sacred well ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- He died imprisoned in Caesarea c. 135. Legends concerning the actual date ... == Legends == A man like Akiva would naturally be the subject of many ...23 KB (3,911 words) - 07:17, 16 June 2023
- Various stories of a sword like Excalibur exist in Welsh and other ... in the film Excalibur, the divergent legends are reconciled as which ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- ==Related legends== The Book of Mormon includes the Three Nephites ... and that of The Flying Dutchman. Similar legends involve the origins of the ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- The legends associated with Krishna have had an enormous impact on ... The legends of Krishna are of utmost importance to the religion, art ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- subject of numerous Japanese folk tales, legends, stories, poems, kabuki ... Yoshitsune’s youth, but stories and legends recount various adventures ...13 KB (2,039 words) - 18:09, 9 November 2022
- *Munch, P. A. "Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes." ... *[http://www.waylands.net/public/smithy/legends.htm Article on Wayland ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- The popularity of the image spawned urban legends that Santa Claus was in ... novel Roads, which draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- * Stephen appears in the game Stronghold Legends, where he is called ... 2K Games, Inc. 2006. Stronghold legends. New York: 2K Games. ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- Allama Nasim Yousuf, Mashriqi and Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends ... * Yousaf, Nasim Allama Mashriqi and Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- however, is apocryphal and likely to be untrue (see Legends). ... ===Legends=== {{Quote_box| width=30% |align=right |quote="Life ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- However, colorful legends and vivid contemporary newspaper portrayals ... times before he died and was decapitated. Legends about his death immediately ...25 KB (4,026 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- uchicago.edu/9510/October95Legends3.html Legends of the Fall: Saint Amos ... *Vecchione, Joseph J. The New York Times Book of Sports Legends. New ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 17:21, 26 July 2023
- has some basis in the fact that the Grail legends are a phenomenon of the ... Pagan Sacrificial Cult Behind the Grail Legends. Duncan Baird Publishers ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- * legends–stories about the (usually more recent) past, which generally ... but he argues that "the categorizing of tales as folktales, legends ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- In 1978 he won the first Legends of Golf event, which was the impetus ... in competitively after he retired was Legends of Golf, but loved to hustle ...26 KB (3,799 words) - 02:03, 23 December 2022
- ===Medieval Legends=== In the Latin-speaking traditions of Western ... of Hippo were referred to as their "legends". ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- ==Native American Legends== the areas of sasquatch sightings have legends and traditions regarding ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- in the exercises he had developed. (Other legends claim that Bodhidharma’s ... *Leff, Norman. “Atemi Waza,” Martial Arts Legends (April 1999 ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- east of Gyeongju, in Gyeongsang province. If legends written during the Joseon Dynasty are correct, the temple is one of the oldest, if not the oldest ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- Yurok traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral ... *[http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/mlcal.txt Myths and Legends of ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- spawned numerous compositions based on the legends, folklore, history and mythology ... such as May Night, to fairytales and legends like The Snow Maiden. In ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- * Squire, Roger. Wizards and Wampum: Legends of the Iroquois. HarperCollins, 1972. ISBN 978-0200718202 ==External links== All links retrieved ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- Some midrashic passages contain fantastic legends about previous rabbis ... Satan, feasts and fasts, parables, legends, miracles, and satirical ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- *Giddings, Ruth Warner. 1993. Yaqui Myths and Legends. University ... *Padilla, Stan. 1998. Deer Dancer: Yaqui Legends of Life. Book Publishing ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- HistoricalZen/Legends_in_Chan.pdf Legends in Ch’an: the Northern/Southern ... HistoricalZen/Legends_in_Chan.pdf Legends in Ch’an: the Northern/Southern ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- of the Harrowing of Hell emerged various medieval legends. == Notes == ==References== * Blair, J. Allen. "Living peacefully: A devotional ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- Samguk Yusa (a collection of folktales, legends, and biographies from early ... villages united by King Suro of Gaya. Some legends present his wife, Heo Hwang ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- *Jumper, Betty M. Legends of the Seminoles. Pineapple Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1561640409 *Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia. New ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- they were depicted as such in the legends that grew up around the ... within parts of the Muslim world. The legends that developed around the ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- visitor to King Solomon's court. Many legends surround her relationship ... relates this story to the later Ethiopian legends about Alexander the Great ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
- of their era. Nagurski played with other legends like Red Grange, Sid Luckman ... *Vecchione, Joseph J. The New York Times Book of Sports Legends. New ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * Budge, E. A. Wallis (translator). Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- - Great Buffalo Hunters of the Plains] Legends of America, 2010. Retrieved ... tipis that depicted spiritual beings and tribal legends. ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- Many legends became associated with the Sinclair family and Rosslyn ... shut, which may explain the recurrent legends that it is merely a front ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- of Germanic legend as Þeodric in English legends, Dietrich von Bern in German ... matter from the Nibelungen and Weyland legends. The late Heinz Ritter ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- Quechan traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and ... Ortiz. 1985. American Indian Myths and Legends. New York: Pantheon Books ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- From the numerous legends connected with Besht's birth it appears ... ==Legends== In Hasidic tradition, it is said: “Someone who believes ...23 KB (3,822 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- under a Kadamba tree. All those legends came from the records of ... The Kadambas minted coins with Nagari, Kannada and Grantha legends ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 21:31, 7 September 2023
- to capture an elusive vetala. The vetala legends have been compiled in the ... of the more common characteristics among vampire legends: ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- sold into slavery or drowned at sea. Legends of both miracles and tragedies ... account of the Children's Crusade without legends. ...16 KB (2,418 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- The legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the "nine jewels ... Legends hold that those who offer prayers at that Mazar will received ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- Tae Hung Ha Iryŏn and Grafton K. Mintz, Samguk yusa; Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea (Seoul: Yonsei University Press ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- The banshee first appeared in very old Gaelic legends. When several banshees appeared at once, it indicated the death of someone great or holy ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, the pre-Christian legends ... htm Sacred Texts: Sagas and Legends: The Poetic Edda]. An HTML ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such ... Hearn is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 23:04, 21 October 2022
- album with the title Friends, Family, and Legends, featuring performances ... * Naylor, Jerry, and Steve Halliday. The Rockabilly Legends: They ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- There are many historical legends surrounding eels. For instance, some Philippine tribes consider eels to be the souls of the dead. In parts ...9 KB (1,257 words) - 04:30, 21 November 2020
- (Zheng Chenggong): "History and the Legends." Edited by Tina Lee ... facts have been obscured by conflicting legends). When Zheng Chenggong heard ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- ===Legends=== One of Quito's greatest charms lies in the tapestry of legends ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- ==Legends and Legacy== [[Image:Amelia Earhart Bridge profile.jpg|thumb ... #039;s disappearance many rumors and urban legends have circulated and often ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- The origin of amethyst is told in different legends. According to one Greek myth, when a drunken Dionysus (the Thracian god of wine) was pursuing ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 06:54, 25 July 2023
- to create historic myths in The Old Czech Legends. Trnka was not initially ... :*The Old Czech Legends (Staré pověsti české) (1952) ...21 KB (3,254 words) - 02:02, 9 February 2023
- is a recurring motif in many folktales and legends of ancient India. [[File:Mahatmas Visitor Room.JPG|thumb|400px|Mahatma Gandhi's Vistor ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- active there during the Northern Song. Legends about some of the bandits ... bandits" (yi fei, 義匪). Legends about the heroes of Mount ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- poems, burlesques and Muslim religious legends. Some of the famous stories ... called Hazar Afsanah ("A Thousand Legends"). The Arabic compilation ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- gained fame fighting Native Americans. Many legends and stories have been told about her. It is difficult to sort fact from fiction in many cases, however ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- Brian Parker, "Tennessee Williams and the Legends of St Sebastian ... * Parker, Brian. "Tennessee Williams and the Legends of St Sebastian ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- Yusa, a thirteenth-century collection of legends and stories. Jewang Ungi ... *Ilyon. Samguk yusa; legends and history of the three kingdoms of ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- In 113 C.E., legends tell of Prince Yamato Takeru who stopped to worship ... and the ablest disciple of Masamune. Legends regarding Masamune and Muramasa ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 22:07, 3 March 2023
- Moors and Saracens. To these historical legends fantasy is gradually added; ... less formal lists of chansons, or of the legends they incorporate. One can ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- became the subject of numerous folk tales and legends. Takeda Shingen ... toward military enemies and many legends arose about him. His war ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- Various myths and legends surround the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, some based on documentary evidence, some far less so. Four main literary ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- works. He is the subject of many later legends and is also in a line of ... tradition developed, many other legends and works of Solomon emerged ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- Historical legends describe a wide variety of methods for becoming ... this was not a feature of the folk legends. Montague Summers, The Werewolf ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- in the Atlantic Ocean according to Celtic legends. Some people think Newfoundland may have been found on one of these voyages. [[Image:Johncabotbonavista ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- ordinary people rather than re-invent legends from bygone eras. In this ... ordinary people rather than re-invent legends from bygone eras. This may ...17 KB (2,769 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- *Legends and Lyrics (1865) *Martin Farquhar Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy *Barry Cornwall's Poems, and other books He also contributed ...9 KB (1,251 words) - 07:57, 3 August 2022
- Mihr, Adur Farnbag, and Adur Gushnasp. The legends of the great fires are probably ... other to draw pilgrims by promoting the legends and miracles that were purported ...25 KB (4,046 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- including the studies of myths and legends. Criticizing Descartes’ ... valued linguistics, philology, mythology, legends, fables, and oral tradition ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- coins of the early Chalukyas with Kannada legends have been found indicating ... ===Legends=== Vidyapati Bilhana, the famous poet in the court of Vikramaditya ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- * Wiesel, Elie. Legends of our Time. New York: Holt, Rinehart and ... * Wiesel, Elie. Souls on Fire; portraits and legends of Hasidic masters ...25 KB (3,747 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... #039;s birth. Likewise, since the later legends had other gods in existence ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- ===Medals commemorative of special legends=== Of this class, the famous Cross of St. Ulrich of Augsburg serves as a good example. A cross is supposed ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- Sibelius, looked to native folk myths and legends for source materials and ... often based on Czech mythology and folk legends. His four great symphonic ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in their Legends and Traditions, (University ... of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in their Legends and Traditions (University ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- The legends of the Bermuda Triangle do not come from one primary source ... inaccuracies, some nothing more than legends or hoaxes, while others ...20 KB (3,000 words) - 11:18, 28 September 2023
- *Menard, Pierre, and Jacques Vassal. F1 Legends: Juan Manuel Fangio. Chronosports, 2003. ISBN 978-2847070453 ==External links== All links retrieved ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 02:02, 8 September 2022
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * Budge, E. A. Wallis. (trans.). Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- Mount Fuji is surrounded by myths and legends concerning its spiritual ... base of Mount Fuji, is the subject of many legends about monsters, ghosts, ...18 KB (2,819 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- In some Chinese legends, an Emperor might be born with a birthmark ... In other legends the dragon is often seen as a protector of the Vietnamese ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- as the teacher Lakulin. According to legends found in later writings, such as the Vayu-Purana and the Linga-Purana, Shiva revealed that during ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 19:20, 23 June 2020
- i Czesława Miłosza. (Modern Legends.) Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie ... *Legends of Modernity: Essays and Letters from Occupied Poland, 1942 ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- Jo Allum, Sharon Leece, Christine Meaney, and Vivien Jones, Legends ... Christine Meaney, and Vivien Jones. 2006. Legends of the Dragon: Celebrating ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- tballLegends.pdf Cornell Football Legends] Retrieved January 31, 2008. The timing of his birth was a marvelous co-incidence, as Warner attended ...11 KB (1,567 words) - 09:23, 24 November 2022
- September 25, 1711. Certain myths and legends claim that Hongli was actually ... == Legends == A legend claims that Qianlong was the son of Chen Yuanlong ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- Many cultures have legends regarding the origins of felt making. For example, Sumerian legend claims that the secret of felt making was discovered ...9 KB (1,531 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends. (Castle Books, 2003, ISBN ... Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends. Castle Books, 2003. ISBN ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- notable in his commencing of Welsh legends as inspiration. His works were primarily composed using lyrical images directed toward themes portraying ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- *[http://www.thenazareneway.com/life_of_st_mary_magdalene.htm The Legends of Mary Magdalene] The Nazarene Way of Essenic Studies. Category:philosophy ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 23:02, 20 November 2023
- According to legends, heaven and earth were once inseparable until An and Ki bore Enlil, god of the air, who cleaved heaven and earth in two ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- Henry Lorne Masta's 1932 Abenaki Legends, Grammar, and Place Names ... * Masta, Henry Lorne. [1932] 2008. Abenaki Legends, Grammar and Place ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- ===Myths and legends=== [[Image:Bamboo bonsai Chengdu.jpg|thumb|400px ... forces (Sky and Ocean). In Malaysian legends, a similar story includes ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 2023
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * __________. Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian texts. 1912. Accessed ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- the name Pict may be of Celtic origin. Legends about the Picts also include ... Brothers Grimm) are also based on barbarian legends and myths. ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- unknown European artists who eventually became legends of modern art, as well as eventual legends of modern American photography. Steichen solidified ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- humorous, and even subversive. For example, the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of Puck were disseminated through broadsheet ballads. ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * Budge, E. A. Wallis (translator). Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- of the great hero Fionn mac Cumhaill, about whom legends abound in Irish and Scottish mythology. ===Canterbury Crypt=== [[Image:Canterbury Cathedral ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 02:11, 15 January 2023
- === Legends === After his death, various legends began to spread about Musashi. Most ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- it spawned numerous compositions based on the legends, folklore, history, and mythology of their native countries. Composers such as Antonin Dvorak ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- * Escott, Colin. All Roots Lead to Rock: Legends of Early Rock 'n' Roll. Schirmer Books, 1999. ISBN 9780028648668 * Kingsbury, Paul ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- * Grayson, James Huntley. 2001. Myths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- of peasant revolt, the details of his legends do not match this. He is ... this play is unrelated to the English legends. Both Robin and Marian were ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- and giving rise to various local legends and visions. These played an important role in confirming the supposed connection of the story of Ursula ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- there are references to Chinese and Japanese legends, poignant recitations of poetry, and frequent "drenching of sleeves" with tears. The ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- from a children's book of fiction, Legends of the American Revolution ... the book Washington and His Generals: or, Legends of the Revolution by George ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- There are many popular legends about Ryōkan. For example, when a bamboo sprout was growing under the floor of his house, he made a hole in the ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- Several legends surrounding Rashi's birth have passed into Jewish ... and process. Although there are many legends about his travels, Rashi ...21 KB (3,376 words) - 17:23, 16 April 2023
- Irving returned to the United States in 1832 and published Legends of the Conquest of Spain in 1835. But primary among his works of this period ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- * Munch, P. A. Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes. London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926. * Orchard, Andy. Cassell's ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
- Later rabbinical literature preserves a number of legends about Jeconiah/Jehoiachin, who is seen as repentant while still young, living out his ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- gyula led their military campaigns. According to legends, Árpád held the first "parliamentary" session with 40 other "nobles" ...14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
- folktales in their explanations. Some legends held that Merlin the wizard ... ==Myths and legends== [[Image:Heelstone.JPG|right|thumb|230px|The Heelstone ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- he is not the subject of numerous myths and legends, but does appear in Hindu literature in connection with a few miraculous events. ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- * Leeming, David Adams, and Jake Page. 1999. Myths, legends, and folktales of America: an anthology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 23:04, 12 February 2022
- of Amitābha Buddha. There are many legends associated with the life of Padmasambhava, and stories about his alleged mystical powers abound, ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * ———. Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian texts. 1912. Accessed ...22 KB (3,545 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- similarities, giving support to the legends that describe Baekje as ... *Ilyon. Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- of the avenues connecting stone circles with the legends of dragons found throughout Britain. Stukeley's ideas, while in some cases fanciful ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- the Song Dynasty (960–1279). There are several legends explaining the origin of foot binding. Chinese mythology includes the story of a fox who, in ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- of John Malalas and George Hamartolus, native legends and Norse sagas, several Greek religious texts, Rus-Byzantine treaties, and the oral accounts ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- journey was to verify the ancient rumors and legends and to visit ancient monuments, including the renowned graves of the ancient sage kings Yu and Shun ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- outline of Ansgar's biography and several legends associated with his missionary activities. It also records Ansgar's visions, which encouraged ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- the king for his immoral conduct. Legends speak of the cruel king personally carrying out Stanislaus' martyrdom by hacking him to pieces. ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 13:40, 5 September 2022
- marriage and healthy children. According to ancient legends, the tomb is on the site where Fuxi gathered young men and women to decide on their marriage ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- as Hades and the demonic powers, as well as such legends as the story of the Persephone. The Hebrew concept of Sheol is closely related to the Mesopotamian ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- There are many legends about the association between the great King Krishnadevaraya, who ruled the Vijayanagar kingdom on the Tungabhadra River ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- Ness, and Lomond. But not all lochs have monster legends; the lochs with pinewoods on their shores have legends, but Loch Lomond—the one with no ...23 KB (3,593 words) - 16:55, 6 November 2023
- open and humans are born. Tablet I continues with legends about overpopulation and plagues, and Atrahasis is also introduced. ===Overpopulation=== ...11 KB (1,791 words) - 19:31, 30 November 2021
- bolster the claims of the papacy. This and other legends portrayed Constantine and Silvester in close relationship and even made the pope the deliverer ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- * Shenkman, Rick. Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of American History. William Morrow & Co, 1988. ISBN 0688065805 ==External links== ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 08:12, 3 April 2024
- As with many other Greek legends, successive generations and authors re-told the stories, and with each re-telling changed the story somewhat. ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- The legends say Tecún Umán entered battle adorned with precious quetzal feathers, and his nagual (animal spirit guide), also a quetzal bird ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- etc.; engraved gems and gem impressions; legends written with pigment on ... , those embodied in the Homeric poems, the legends concerning Crete, Mycenae ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- star in their Greatest American Screen Legends list. Hepburn had a famous ... her own postal stamp as part of the "Legends of Hollywood" stamp series. ...23 KB (3,401 words) - 17:11, 5 October 2022
- and the Talmud, which relate many teachings and legends associated with him. == Life == Little is know about Yochanan's early life and family ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- derives from pagan myth and and heroic legends. Still others suggest that while the Annunciation may have taken place at Nazareth, the conception ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- *Clark, Ella E. 2003. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0520239261 *Opler, Morris E ...11 KB (1,808 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were ... * Budge, E. A. Wallis (translator). Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- Among other theories concerning the origins of the legends of a Great ... *[http://nwcreation.net/noahlegends.html Flood Legends from Around ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- new interpretations of the Kalki legends which do not necessarily apply the designation "Kalkin" to a particular person. In such interpretations ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- As time has passed, legends about Jizi have become more and more numerous, leading many scholars to conclude the Gija legend had no basis in ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- The origin of the Haridasa movement remains unclear. Some legends indicate that they may have begun with holy men and kings espousing this form ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- human culture, being represented in mythology, legends, folklore, literature, and art. Mythology and misunderstanding are linked to salamanders ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- They have often been featured in art and in legends and folktales. Cats are often used in advertising and as mascots for sports teams and military units. ...12 KB (1,871 words) - 12:24, 30 April 2021
- playing influenced several of the rock and roll legends of the 1960s. Born in rural South Carolina, Davis was almost totally blind from infancy ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- husband (pati) and wife (patni). Each of these legends seem prototypical of Ardhanarisvara. ==Iconography== Ardhanarisvara is most identifiable ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- The tales of the vampire (Vetala) contains twenty-five legends in which the king tries to capture and hold on to a vampire who tells a puzzling ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- The French researcher heading the project read legends about gorillas, then wrote tall tales. He portrayed them as dangerous animals that would raid ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 07:13, 1 January 2024
- with swallows and many myths and legends have arisen as a consequence (Turner 2004). The migratory habits of the European species have led to ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 01:30, 28 May 2021
- Dremin. Andrei Sakharov: Facets of a Life. (Legends of Out Time Series) edited by Fainberg. Kroshka Books, 1991. ISBN 156072062X * Lozansky, Edward ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- and memorabilia. Several popular music legends have given memorable performances at the hall including Judy Garland and Dame Shirley Bassey, ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- ==Myths and Legends== There are a number of popular myths associated with the University of Cambridge and its history. [[Image:Mathematicians_bridge_ca ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- European ethnic groups have had some kind of gnome legends with local variations. Modern traditions portray gnomes as small, old men wearing pointed hats ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- Mame: the life of Rosalind Russell. Hollywood legends series. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. ISBN 9781578068906 * Russell, Rosalind ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 19:15, 16 December 2022
- Badrinath has been mentioned as a holy place in scriptures and legends for thousands of years. According to the Srimad Bhagavatam, "There ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- people, together with Norway's legends, Norway's history, and Norway's natural scenery, stamped itself on my creative impulse ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Gregory I and others, with the insertion of legends and traditions. After 596, Bede uses documentary sources, which he took pains to obtain from ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- Serrano traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories. Serrano oral literature is closely linked with the traditions ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- refrains from the miracle stories and other legends found in 2 Maccabees, which deals with much of the same material. The later Jewish historian Josephus ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- in a plethora of cultures worldwide—legends often tell of mermaids singing ... ethnic groups have had some kind of gnome legends with local variations, some ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- *Living Legends (1 Cut, 1966) Verve/Folkways 3010 *Real Blues (1 Cut, U Of Chicago, 1964) Takoma 7081 *John The Revelator - 1970 London Sessions ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- and inscriptions on monuments, tales and legends, and other records such ... the Duan Albanach, along with Irish legends, have been used to argue ...35 KB (5,272 words) - 05:13, 24 November 2022
- received the Library of Congress Living Legends award in the "Writers ... * "Dragonfly" (in Legends, ed. Robert Silverberg; also in ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- *McQueen, Keven. 2001. Offbeat Kentuckians: Legends to Lunatics. Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Pub. House. ISBN 0913383805 *Nation, Carry Amelia. 1905 ...12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:52, 27 April 2023
- * Mythistorima Μυθιστόρημα (Tale of Legends, 1935) * Tetradio Gymnasmaton Τετράδιο Γυμνασμάτων (Exercise Book, 1940) ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- Two primary characteristics are found in ancient and medieval legends ... with serpents are probably drawn. Other legends describe the malevolent ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- age, referring to the prevalent Sangam legends claiming literary academies ... Tamil legends hold that these were composed in three successive poetic ...33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
- relate them to her own knowledge of Hawaiian legends. ==Reign== On September 16, 1862, at the age of 24, she married John Owen Dominis, who became ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- court, the Fred Perry range was sported by many legends, including Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, and Jimmy Connors. The polo shirt was only available ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 09:54, 11 April 2024
- There are many urban legends about the proper and effective method to remove a tick. One legend states that something hot (a cigarette or burnt ...25 KB (3,763 words) - 17:14, 18 April 2023
- Wichita traditional beliefs are rich and complex. Their legends include a Creation myth and several versions of a Great flood, their variations ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- *Grayson, J. H. 2001. Myths and legends from Korea: an annotated compendium of ancient and modern materials. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 9780700712 ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- to provide a starting point for various legends of national origin. The ... of the Bronze Age, if not into the legends themselves. ==Notes== ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- life was the subject of many romantic tales and legends, in which she is the historical epitome of a damsel in distress. Although the victim of treachery ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- female divinities featured in the legends of surrounding Indo-European and Near Eastern mythological systems, such as Inanna of the Sumerians ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- Atsugewi traditional narratives include myths, legends, and oral histories. Their oral literature reflects the transitional position of Atsugewi ...12 KB (1,758 words) - 18:13, 21 August 2023
- but may have been related to older Mesopotamian legends. According to this interpretation the tale celebrates the triumph of the Babylonian deities Marduk ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- 300px|Chief Gadao is featured in many legends about Guam before European ... around 2000 B.C.E., according to legends and myths, archaeological ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- Wallace O. Chariton, Exploring the Alamo Legends (Plano: Republic ... * Chariton, Wallace O. Exploring the Alamo Legends. Plano: Republic ...34 KB (5,434 words) - 08:55, 18 March 2024
- *Bjarkman, Peter C. 1995. Warren Spahn. Baseball legends. New York: Chelsea House. ISBN 0791011917 *Parrott, John B. 2003. The Promise: a baseball ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- to an audience of birds is one of the legends of his life). Assisi was hit by the devastating twin earthquakes that shook Umbria in 1997, but ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- by Philostratus, is replete with miracles and legends. In the words of historian Edward Gibbon, "we are at a loss to discover whether he was ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
