Church tradition developed outside of the canon of the New Testament describes the martyrdom of many saints, including the legend of the martyrdom of Barnabas.

Beside the developed legend of the mandylion or Image of Edessa, was the tale of the Veil of Veronica, whose very name signifies " true icon " or " true image ", the fear of a " false image " remaining strong.

The urban legend that Coca-Cola developed the drink Fanta to sell in Nazi Germany without public backlash originated as the actual tale of German Max Keith, who invented the drink and ran Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during World War II.

However ancient sources contain several accounts of techniques that foreshadow the concepts of forensic science that is developed centuries later, such as the " Eureka " legend told of Archimedes ( 287 – 212 BC ).

In light of the above parallels, Walter Burkert interprets the story as a significant development in the history of Dionysiac cult: " Released from this gloomy background, the cheerful and liberating legend of the sixth century further developed the image of the dolphin-rider under the colors of the renewed cult of Dionysus .".

This legend developed from a misguided belief that the river appeared and disappeared over time ( which persisted until the 19th Century ) because of its subterranean tributary.

Very little historical information about Dark Age Welsh court tradition survives, but the Middle Welsh material came to be the nucleus of the Matter of Britain and Arthurian legend as they developed from the 13th century.

However, in the late 1990s, more permanent, year-round communities began being built, such as the neighborhood surrounding the golf course at Baywood Greens, and The Peninsula, which is being developed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus.

During the same era, nine-ball legend Luther Lassiter was born in Elizabeth City, and developed much of his skill at pool in the City Billiards pool hall.

At some point between 1850 and 1880, a local legend developed about the " Chalvey Stab Monkey " involving an organ grinder and a stabbed monkey ; the first person to get blind drunk on the anniversary of the monkey's funeral is declared " Mayor of Chalvey ".

These wars profoundly affected Australia's sense of nationhood and a proud military legend developed around the spirit of Australia's ANZAC troops, who came to symbolise the virtues of mateship, courage and endurance for the nation.

Originally developed as a legend to the Soil Map of the World, the classification was applied by United Nations sponsored projects.

" Despite not having voted against the bill, a legend called the Muhlenberg Legend developed in which he was responsible for prohibiting German as an official language of the United States.

The legend goes on to say that the Jews threw the pig's heart and the holy consecrated host into the river that ran through the city, and that in a few days a terrible epidemic developed among the pigs in the surrounding areas, many of which died.

" Philip's speech strikes the only false note in the anecdote, according to AR Anderson, who noted his words as the embryo of the legend fully developed in the History of Alexander the Great I. 15, 17.

His legend survived the end of Antiquity ; a cycle of medieval romances developed around his legend.

Wace, the earliest known Jersey poet, developed the Arthurian legend and chronicled the Dukes of Normandy

St. Isidore of Seville drew together the accumulated anecdotes of St. Simon in De Vita et Morte ; the fully developed aura of legend is presented in the Legenda Aurea ( ca 1260 ).

A legend developed that England would not fall to a foreign invader so long as there were ravens at the Tower of London ; although this is often thought to be an ancient belief, the official Tower of London historian, Geoff Parnell, believes that this is actually a romantic Victorian invention.

As noted, it has been hypothesized that the changeling legend may have developed, or at least been used, to explain the peculiarities of children who did not develop normally, probably including all sorts of developmental delays and abnormalities.

In a display of logic that impresses Spock, T ' Pring explains that she " did not wish to be the consort of a legend ," and developed a mutual attraction with Stonn.

A legend developed suggesting that possession of a baby's caul would give its bearer good luck and protect that person from death by drowning.

Poniatowski's cult developed after his death-it was a Polish version of the Napoleon's legend.

The subject was apt for a papal state seeking clout, since it depicts the historical legend when the greatest of the popes Leo, with supernatural aid, deterred the Huns from looting Rome.

Another Charlton legend, Chris Powell was appointed manager of the club in January, winning his first game in charge 2 – 0 over Plymouth at the Valley, Charlton's first win since November.

His meteoric rise and fall were clearly the stuff of legend, and few if any players, either before or since, have had such an immense impact over so brief a period.

It is not certain what should be made of these latter two absences as it is known that Friar Tuck, for one, has been part of the legend since at least the later 15th century.

A popular legend, which has been around since at least 1937, traces the origin of the 4 ft 8½ in gauge even further back than the coalfields of northern England, pointing to the evidence of rutted roads marked by chariot wheels dating from the Roman Empire.

This was the first time they had won in England since the match that started the Ashes legend six years earlier.

The term “ urban legend ,” as used by folklorists, has appeared in print since at least 1968.

After the battle, legend states that John's personal crest ( a pair of black wings ) and motto Ich dien (" I Serve ") were adopted in slightly modified form by Edward, the Black Prince, and since then they have been part of the badge of the Prince of Wales.

According to the legend, he felt his defeat at Varna was a warning sign from God ( since he declared war on a false pretext, violating the truce with the Ottoman Turks ).

They hypothesized that this " descended from a fish " legend was actually referring to the concept that the Merovingian line had married into the bloodline of Jesus Christ, since the symbol for early Christians had also been a fish.

Although no official sources have been found to support this legend, the Château has been since referred to and accepted as Chenonceau.

There have been many unverified rumors about a lampshade made from human skin, which has become an often repeated legend since the war, but no one could testify that they had actually seen such a thing during Ilse's trial.

The Weeping Rock in Mount Sipylus, Manisa, Turkey, has been associated with Niobe's legend since Antiquity

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.

A variety of names have since been given to the Wandering Jew, including Matathias, Buttadeus, Paul Marrane, and Isaac Laquedem ( a name for him in France and the Low Countries, in popular legend as well as in a novel by Dumas ).

The origins of this name have been debated by historians since the Middle Ages when it was linked to the legend of Edward the Confessor and a mystical ring returned to him by Saint John the Apostle.

That the Mahdi legend has been planted on Dune indicates to Jessica that conditions on Dune are truly awful, since this legend is reserved for only the harshest environments where a Bene Gesserit would need the maximum advantage over surrounding influences.

The same writer felt the peeper legend had to postdate William Dugdale ( d. 1686 ) since antiquary made no mention in his huge tomes that discussed Coventry in extenso.

Collins has written fourteen novels since 1989, most of which refer to and directly include races of creatures the author calls Pretenders, monsters from myth and legend passing as human to better hunt their prey.

The house was once thought to have been an 18th-century tavern run by “ Tories ” and confiscated during the Revolution but this legend has since been proven to be untrue.

The town is home to a local legend of a Bigfoot-type creature, sited periodically by local residents since the early 1970s.

Hammer and point work is the technique used in working stone, in use at least since Roman times, as it is described in the legend of Pygmalion, and even earlier, the ancient Greek sculptors used it from c. 650 BC.

He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character version of the Devil.