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role and myths
Chicken has played an important role as a protein in Korean history, evidenced by a number of myths.
Other minor details attached to the myth include: the duration of Prometheus ' torment ; the origin of the eagle that ate the Titan's liver ( found in Pseudo-Apollodorus and Hyginus ); Pandora's marriage to Epimetheus ( found in Pseudo-Apollodorus ); myths surrounding the life of Prometheus ' son, Deucalion ( found in Ovid and Apollonius of Rhodes ); and Prometheus ' marginal role in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts ( found in Apollonius of Rhodes and Valerius Flaccus ).
Thoth has played a prominent role in many of the Egyptian myths.
He explains that worship of Athena was retained as a cult because it was too strong to be suppressed, but she was recast as a child of Zeus in new myths, even given the previously incomprehensible role of justifying what would have been a horrific crime against the old religious customs.
Manannán appears in many Celtic myths and tales, although he only plays a prominent role in some of them.
As such, accounts of the various gods and related myths and legends can vary from one locale to the next, and the regional differences may be so extreme as to completely redefine the role a specific deity plays in the Guaraní belief system.
* She Who Holds a Thousand Souls: Because of her role in the re-birthing of Ra every morning and in her son Osiris's resurrection, Nut became a key god in many of the myths about the after-life.
In Celtic mythology, the role of Smith is held by eponymous ( their names do mean ' smith ') characters: Goibhniu ( Irish myths of the Tuatha Dé Danann cycle ) or Gofannon ( Welsh myths / the Mabinogion )
The Historia Brittonum has drawn attention because of its role in influencing the legends and myths surrounding King Arthur.
In analyzing the similarities between the " mythologists " Eliade, Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung, Robert Ellwood concluded that the three modern mythologists, all of whom believed that myths reveal " timeless truth ", fulfilled the role " gnostics " had in antiquity.
The literary role of artificial life has evolved over time: early myths present animated objects as instruments of divine will, later stories treat their attempted creation as a blasphemy with inevitable consequences, and modern tales range from apocalyptic warnings against blind technological progress to explorations of the ethical questions raised by the possibility of sentient machines.
Often as these myths evolve from their original source, the role of the storm god ( himself often the head of a pantheon ) is adopted by culture heroes or a personage symbolizing royalty.
In imagery, other Greek myths also played a role.
Games, folk stories, myths, proverbs, and riddles played a very important role in Lango education.
Regardless of the origins, most myths present Nüwa as female in a procreative role after a calamity.
Korean myths tend to focus on the role played by the god who is the protagonist in the story.
During these times, many of the Rangers ' myths were born, such as their success in capturing or killing notorious criminals and desperados ( including bank robber Sam Bass and gunfighter John Wesley Hardin ) and their decisive role in the defeat of the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache peoples.
As with the ninjutsu, the exaggeration persistent in ninja myths played a large role in creating the current popular culture image of kunai.
This central role is crucial to how creation myths are presented.
Her essay " In, around, and Afterthoughts ( on documentary photography )" ( 1981 but widely cited, republished, and translated ) has been credited with a great role in dismantling the myths of photographic disinterestedness and in generating a discussion about the importance of institutional and discursive framing in determining photographic meaning.
His role in the show ( that he shares with all the other talent ) is to either disprove (" bust ") myths or confirm them through testing and experiments done at different scales.
Since ancient times, Irish bards played an important cultural role preserving Irish myths, histories and genealogies in the oral tradition.

role and changed
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma hasn't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.
The mandate of the commission was to determine how well the current Advantage program meets the needs of students, faculty, and staff and to examine how the role of technology in the postsecondary environment has changed at Acadia, and elsewhere.
The role of the BIOS has changed over time.
The name was changed to Cygwin32 to emphasize Cygnus ' role in creating it.
Exhibits include the prison's role in housing prisoners of war from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, manacles and weapons, memorabilia, clothing and uniforms, famous prisoners, and the changed focus of the prison.
After the proclamation of Brazilian independence, the title of the regiment was changed to that of the Imperial Honor Guard, with the role of protecting the Imperial Family.
Later, the Neoplatonist Iamblichus changed the role of the " One ", effectively altering the role of the Demiurge as second cause or dyad, which was one of the reasons that Iamblichus and his teacher Porphyry came into conflict.
Glasnost did indeed provide freedom of expression, far beyond what Gorbachev had intended, and changed citizens ' views towards the government, which played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
It appears the role of women in Nazi Germany changed according to circumstances.
As the role of American forces in Iraq changed from fighting the Iraqi Army to suppressing the guerrilla insurgency, more armor kits were being manufactured, though perhaps not as fast as production facilities were capable of bringing them online.
But as the Pacific War soon shifted west, the island's role changed from being a combat outpost to a refueling and resupply base for American aircraft and submarines.
The paper was failing, and its owner changed its role to covering Anglo-German trade.
The role of letters in communication has changed significantly since the nineteenth century.
The chairmanship changed hands many times before John Smith, whose father was a shareholder of the club, took up the role in 1973.
Although the role of the violin in music drastically changed through this period, progress in violin technique was steady but slow.
The writings of Lyotard were largely concerned with the role of narrative in human culture, and particularly how that role has changed as we have left modernity and entered a " postindustrial " or postmodern condition.
They each played a major role in influencing their husbands, which, along with their own positions of power, ultimately changed the course of Chinese history.
He realized that by giving an audience the ability to manipulate what was projected on their television sets, their role changed from passive observing to interactive manipulation.
* Some parts of " The Wizard's Run " have been changed, mostly reflecting Paige Moore's starring role.
Mobile's role as a seaport has continued to the present day, though the commodities have changed through time.
Actual political and administrative role of counties changed much through history.
Religion maintained a major role but public school religious education changed from drill in the Lutheran catechism to biblical-ethical studies.
With his pivotal role in the development of thermonuclear weapons, Stanislaw Ulam changed the world.

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