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According and folklore
According to a tradition preserved in Eastern Christian folklore, Golgotha was the summit of the cosmic mountain at the center of the world and the location where Adam had been both created and buried.
According to German and Danish folklore, the Erlkönig appears as an omen of death, much like the banshee in Irish mythology.
According to Radoš Ljušić, Karađorđe's ancestors most likely hailed from Vasojevići, but has said that there are no certain historical information on Karađorđe's ancestors or where they came from, all is from folklore.
According to folklore, Achong is said to have had Walter Robbins stumped off a surprise delivery that spun into the right-hander from outside the off stump.
According to the Nevis Department of Culture, the aim is to protect and encourage indigenous folklore, in order to make sure that the uniquely Caribbean culture can " reassert itself and flourish ".
According to Icelandic folklore, the horseshoe shaped canyon Ásbyrgi located in Jökulsárgljúfur National Park, northern Iceland was formed by Sleipnir's hoof.
According to the folklore of that time, for a samba musician to achieve success, he would have to pass the house of Tia Ciata and be approved on the rodas de samba.
* According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailes to North America and founds a colony.
According to Balkan folklore, when it rained too much, women would run into the fields and lift their skirts to scare the gods and end the rain.
According to Paul Devereux, the names of various creatures from Celtic folklore, including the Irish, " púca ," Welsh, " pwca " or " pwca ," could be from the same Celtic family as the term " pixies " ( in Cornwall, " Piskies "), however " piskie " could be related to the Swedish word " pyske " meaning " small fairy.
According to the 11th c. Lebor Gabála Érenn ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland ), the 14th c. Auraicept na n-Éces and other Irish folklore, the Irish originated in Scythia and were descendants of Fénius Farsaid, a Scythian prince who created the Ogham alphabet and who was one of the principal architects of the Gaelic language.
According to Chinese folklore, nunchaku are a variation of the two section staff.
According to Hollywood folklore, a screen test report on Astaire for RKO Radio Pictures, now lost along with the test, is reported to have read: " Can't sing.
According to Hebrew folklore, Noah sends a white raven to check conditions while on the ark.
According to folklore, a lychee tree that is not producing much fruit can be girdled, leading to more fruit production.
According to Welsh folklore, their growling is loudest when they are at a distance, and as they draw nearer, it grows softer and softer.
According to folklore, King's Cross is the site of Boudica's final battle and perhaps she is buried under one of the platforms.
According to folklore the cellar was built by a sea captain who missed the sea.
According to this line of thinking, representation of Dylan in Welsh literature and in folklore have been used to infer the attributes of his supposed divine ancient Celtic prototype.
According to Heine, pantheism had been repressed by Christianity and had survived in German folklore.
According to Klein, this fits perfectly in with the Swedish folklore that Charles ’ magical protection, ( in contemporary times, he was rumoured to be of such strong breed and character that he was bullet proof ) had been broken by a killer who shot him with the king ’ s own coat button.
According to area folklore, the travelers had been told they would know they were close to the ocean when they saw palm trees.
According to the State of Georgia and American Indian folklore, Native American braves and their maidens would meet under the oak.
According to folklore, a lost map from 809 made reference to a fiefdom " Bodelo ".
According to local folklore, " Manawa " means " long bow ," and was the name of a Native American killed in a duel near the lower river crossing.

According and lights
According to legend, the taishogun is remembered for having ordered huge illuminated lanterns to be placed at the top of hills ; and when the curious Emishi approached these bright lights to investigate, they were captured and subdued.
According to transportation engineers, traffic lights can have both positive and negative effects on traffic safety and traffic flow.
According to Gerri Hirshey: " Title agreed upon, Solomon added the trappings: a crown, a scepter, a cape, robe, dancing girls, and colored lights.
According to Bean, Conrad's instructions were that NASA light the all the trees but one every Christmas season with white lights — but in keeping with his motto, Conrad's tree would have colored lights.
According to Time, descriptions of the phenomena varied, but the pilots agreed that the mysterious lights followed their aircraft closely at high speed.
According to Tacitus, Nero ordered Christians to be thrown to dogs, while others were crucified or burned to serve as lights.
According to the witness reports the horses were either driven by the Germans or blinded by the reflector lights.
According to Boas, he first attempted to leave the scene on his tractor, but when its lights and engine died after traveling only a short distance, he decided to continue on foot.
According to the people who claim to have seen the lights, they may appear at any time of night, typically south of U. S. Route 90 and east of U. S. Route 67, five to fifteen miles southeast of Marfa, at unpredictable directions and apparent distances.
According to folklore, the lights sometimes follow or approached people and have disappeared when fired upon, only to reappear later on.
According to Lights, the original mask was a papier-mâché mould of his own face, which was then used in the band's backdrop, consisting of LED lights and the band's logo.
According to Van Peebles, during the first day of shooting, director of photography and head cameraman Bob Maxwell told him he could not mix two different shades of mechanical film lights, because he believed the results would not appear well on film.
According to Valarie Bunn, at the time " no traffic noise could be heard and no electric lights " could be seen in the area of the camp.
According to Thompson, the attention of a policeman was alerted by Grant repeatedly pressing the brake pedal of his BMW with his foot, causing the brake lights to flash.
According to Dr. Grayson Mead the lights " appeared to be about the size of a dinner plate and they were greenish-blue, slightly fluorescent in color.
According to Bryant, he and his wife had seen a group of lights fly overhead, and then two other flights.
According to the WDNR ( 2012 ) these issues include noise, lights, hours of operation, damage and excessive wear to roads from trucking traffic, public safety concerns from the volume of truck traffic, possible damage and annoyance resulting from blasting, and concerns regarding aesthetics and land use changes.
According to the late Maddie Blaustein, the then voice of Meowth in the 4Kids dub, this episode was in fact purchased and dubbed into English by 4Kids using a censored version of the scene with the flashing lights, but the episode was still banned worldwide and not allowed to be aired.
According to tests conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board, the warning lights on the railroad crossing activated 20 seconds before the arrival of the Metra train.
According to security manager Tico Wanga, a lot of attention is paid to safety with sufficient lights and cameras everywhere, and patrolling security personnel.
According to Sveinbjörn, shortly after he and Þorsteinn exited the ministry, the lights in the center of town went out due to a thunderstorm, leaving the minister sitting in the dark.
According to the Apostolic Constitution Ut sit issued by John Paul II: “ From its beginnings, this ( Opus Dei ) has in fact striven, not only to illuminate with new lights the mission of the laity in the Church and in society, but also to put it into practice ; it has also endeavored to put into practice the teaching of the universal call to sanctity, and to promote at all levels of society the sanctification of ordinary work, and by means of ordinary work.

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