She explains the origin of mankind within the story to the game's main protagonist, Desmond Miles, through his ancestor, Ezio Auditore.

That is, while the events may not be historically accurate the book itself was written to tell a story of a time in history, in this case the origin of the Jewish holiday of Purim.

In fact, this very story, along with some hints from " The Shadow over Innsmouth ", provides the key to the origin of the ' Derleth Mythos '.

Later episodes shifted to the usual origin story, in which Kal-El landed on Earth as a baby and was raised by the Kent family.

He ascribes the origin to the 1208 Battle of Fellin, not the Battle of Lyndanisse in 1219, based on the earliest source available about the story.

Since King Valdemar II of Denmark was married to the Portuguese princess, Berengária of Portugal, it is not unthinkable that the origin of the story, if not the flag, was the Spanish tale or a similar tale, which again might have been inspired by an even older legend.

Both of these accounts draw on the story by Herodotus ( i, 94 ) of the Lydian origin of the Etruscans.

Ackerman named the sexy comic-book character Vampirella and wrote the origin story for the comic.

The Cosmos also tell them a story of ancient origin.

In 2004, Page Bryant wrote the Sci-Fi story The Second Coming of the Star Gods, which deals with Khufu ´ s alleged celestial origin.

The new understanding, even if it recognised the Israelites as Canaanites by origin, still treated the post-Conquest biblical story as real history.

As the fossil record for the Cryptobranchidae shows an Asian origin for the family, the story of how these salamanders made it to the eastern U. S. has been a point of scientific interest.

The story is likely to have its origin in Taoism.

Some of Coleridge's contemporaries denounced the poem and questioned his story about its origin.

Sometimes the animals assumed human forms in order to ensure their descendants retained their human shapes, other times the origin story is of a human marrying a normal animal.

A 1960 story by Jerry Siegel expanded upon Luthor's origin and motivations, revealing him to be a childhood friend of Superman's who lost his hair when a fire destroyed his laboratory ; Luthor vowed revenge.

In the origin story printed in Adventure Comics # 271 ( April 1960 ), young Lex Luthor is shown as an aspiring scientist who resides in Smallville, the hometown of Superboy.

The existence of Moses as well as the veracity of the Exodus story is disputed amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies, new archaeological evidence, historical evidence, and related origin myths in Canaanite culture.

CMF units were sometimes scorned by AIF soldiers as " chocolate soldiers " or " chockos ", because " they would melt under the pressure " of military operations ; or in an alternative version of the story of the origin of this term, as a result of the 1930s ' uniforms of Militia soldiers, these soldiers were considered by AIF volunteers and some civilians as soldiers only for show like the soldiers in garish 19th century dress uniforms shown on tins of chocolates that were commonly sold in Australia in the 1930s, hence the name " chocolate-tin soldiers " for Militia members.

The story of Talos, the Cretan man of brass, who heated himself red-hot and clasped strangers in his embrace as soon as they landed on the island, is probably of similar origin.

The Heart of the Beast described in the Nez Perce origin story

This is an origin story to explain the seasons.

Graham King's GK Films acquired the film rights and plan to release an origin story reboot by 2013.

In any case according to his origin story Pah-Peh-Rheo was born an Egyptian.

After he decided to settle on the origin story aspect of his outline, Shyamalan began to write the screenplay as a spec script with Bruce Willis already set to star in the film and Samuel L. Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price.

A fairy tale ( pronounced / ˈfeəriˌteɪl /) is a type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments.

The story concerns a band of immortal fairies who find themselves at odds with the House of Peers.

Puck and "" Bottom "" are the only two characters who interact and progress the three central stories in the whole play, Puck is the one who is first introduced in the fairies story and creates the drama of the lover's story by messing up who loves whom, as well as placing the ass on Bottom's head in his story.

Similarly Bottom is performing in a play in his story intending it to be presented in the lover's story as well as interacting with Titania in the fairies ' story.

One popular story held that when the angels revolted, God ordered the gates shut ; those still in heaven remained angels, those in hell became devils, and those caught in between became fairies.

Donald Macalastair of Druim-a-ghinnir on the Isle of Arran told a story of the fairies journeying to Ireland.

* Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters ( such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals ) and enchantments

A property of their nature is the production and possession of fairy dust, the magic material which enables flying within the story for all characters except Peter, who was taught to fly by the birds ( as described by Barrie in Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens ), and later by the fairies in Kensington Gardens.

* In the story Cinderella there is no beggar, or seasonal fairies

Rich in classical allusion, in Part Two the romantic story of the first Faust is forgotten, and Faust wakes in a field of fairies to initiate a new cycle of adventures and purpose.

In the story of Huon of Bordeaux, Mommur is an enchanted forest that is ruled by Oberon, king of the fairies.

Another story tells of a woman's narrow escape after a Buggane is sent by the fairies to punish her for baking after sunset.

The story is a retelling of Cinderella featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants.

The story goes that the fairies chased a traveller, who took refuge in Middridge Grange, getting inside the building just before the pitchfork struck the door.

Bottom and Puck are the only two characters who interact and progress the three central stories in the whole play, Puck is the one who is first introduced in the fairies story and creates the drama of the lover's story by messing up who loves who, as well as placing the ass on Bottom's head in his story.

Similarly Bottom is performing in a play in his story intending it to be presented in the lover's story as well as interacting with Titania in the fairies ' story.