This is one of the features of Janus as shown by the myth that associates him with Carna, Cardea, Crane.

Thence the analogy with the rite of the Tigillum Sororium would be apparent: both in the myth and in the rite Janus, the god of motion, goes through a low passage to attain Carna as Horatius passes under the tigillum to obtain his purification and the restitution to the condition of citizen eligible for civil activities, including family life.

Consequently the association of both Janus and god Helernus with Carna-Crane is highlighted in this myth: it was customary on that day eating vetch and lard, which were supposed to strengthen the body.

The name itself proves that this is a secondary form of Fons modelled on Janus, denouncing the late character of this myth: it was probably conceived because of the proximity of the festivals of Juturna ( January 11 ) and the Agonium of Janus ( January 9 ) as well as for the presence of an altar of Fons near the Janiculum and the closeness of the notions of spring and of beginning.

In the myth of Janus the ship of Saturn as well as the myth of Carmenta and Evander are remininscent of an ancient Preroman sailing life.

M. Renard advanced the view that Janus and not Juppiter was the original paredra or consort of Juno, on the grounds of their many common features, functions and appearance in myth or rites as is shown by their cross coupled epithets Janus Curiatius and Juno Sororia: Janus shares the epithet of Juno Curitis and Juno the epithet Janus Geminus, as sororius means paired, double.

Ovid seems to purposefully conflate and identify Carna with Cardea in the aetiologic myth related above.

Contarini thus openly concludes that the Doge is a combination of myth and reality, saying that “ in everything you may see the show of a king, but his authority is nothing ”.

In general, " twentieth-century theories have tended to see myth as almost anything but an outdated counterpart to science Consequently, moderns are not obliged to abandon myth for science.

The two most prominent aspects of the Prometheus myth have parallels within the beliefs of many cultures throughout the world ; see creation of man from clay and theft of fire.

According to the myth, Pandora opened a jar ( pithos ), in modern accounts sometimes mistranslated as " Pandora's box " ( see below ), releasing all the evils of mankind — although the particular evils, aside from plagues and diseases, are not specified in detail by Hesiod — leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again.

What has happened to Scott's reputation, Crane argues, derives from the way the world has changed since the heroic myth was formed: " It is not that we see him differently from the way they contemporaries did, but that we see him the same, and instinctively do not like it.

Those wearing them did not yet see them as national symbols, as the myth of their Norwegian origin was not commonly known at the time.

According to myth, Huitzilopochtli directed the wanderers to found a city on the site where they would see an eagle devouring a snake perched on a fruit-bearing nopal cactus.

Valaquenta provides a middle-ground and link between Ainulindalë, which stands as Middle-earth's cosmogony or ' creation myth ', and Quenta Silmarillion, a collection of mythical histories wherein major events of Middle-earth find their first elaboration ( see The Silmarillion ).

The circumstances in which Niobe loses her children are also different, see Niobids # Variant myth.

This account matches the flood story that concludes the Epic of Atrahasis ( see also Gilgamesh flood myth ).

This part of the mythology concerning Herakles appears to have origins in a corruption of an Egyptian myth concerning Osiris ' sacrifice by Set, and subsequent resurrection ( see Legend of Osiris and Isis ).

According to this version of the myth, it was only later -- after her sons Polyneices and Eteocles murdered one another in a fight for the crown ( see Seven Against Thebes )-- that she committed suicide by stabbing herself.

Second of their sons was Marangatú, a benevolent and generous leader of his people, and father of Kerana, the mother of the seven legendary monsters of Guaraní myth ( see below ).

Within a generation or two after 1212, the idea of children going on crusade became ingrained in history, retold countless times over the centuries with many different versions, and only in the 20th century has the myth been re-examined by looking at the earliest sources ( see Historical studies below ).

A myth developed that wives would watch for months from these tiny rooms, hoping to see the sails of ships that would bring their husbands home from the sea.

Rothko ’ s cross-cultural, trans-historical reading of myth perfectly addresses the psychological and emotional roots of the symbol, making it universally available to anyone who might wish to see it.

However, contrary to popular myth, black American sprinter Jesse Owens ', who won four gold medals beating Aryan athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, faced less segregation there than in the USA, and felt snubbed by Roosevelt rather than by Hitler ( see Jesse Owens # Berlin Olympics ).

In view of the information discovered since this 1939 article ( see preceding section ) this should be seen as part of a myth perpetrated by Miss Oberon, since apparently she did not reach Europe until 1929.

The myth of a Trojan founding with Greek influence was reconciled through an elaborate genealogy ( see Latin kings of Alba Longa ) with the well-known legend of Rome's founding by Romulus and Remus.

The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire ( OTS ) in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the modern myth of the continuing existence of the Knights Templar ( see Origins of the Solar Temple below ).

Some see the French myth of the ogre as being inspired by the real-life crimes of Gilles de Rais.

Some people erroneously believe that earwigs burrow into people's ears ; that is mostly a myth, although earwigs may crawl into ears and some can bite, as other insects do ( see above ).

Earliest reference to panentheistic thought in Hindu philosophy is in a creation myth contained in the later section of Rig Veda called the Purusha Sukta, which was compiled before 1100 BCE.

A section of the Egyptian Book of the Dead written on papyrus showing the Weighing of the Heart in Duat where Anubis can be seen on the far right, the scales are shown with the feather balance, and Ammit awaits hearts that she must devour-the presence of Osiris at the gateway to the paradise of Aaru dates the papyrus to a late tradition of the myth.

Holness was the subject of an urban myth, claimed to have been initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster Stuart Maconie who, writing for the New Musical Express in a section called ' Believe It Or Not ', said that Holness had played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song " Baker Street ".

The abundance of the Arum Lily ( Zantedeschia aethiopica ) in the area and the marketing by the developers contributed to the myth about the Gosnell company, being so successful that the Gosnells railway station was constructed on the Armadale line in 1903 .< ref >, 1867 the arrival of perfumes Direct from John Gosnells & Co., Perfumers to Her Majesty ( Queen Victoria ), was noted in the business section of the New Zealand newspaper North Otago Times

In section IV of his poem " Little Gidding ," the final poem of Four Quartets, Eliot alludes to the Nessus myth and the Herculean " shirt of flame " in his lines:

Graves ' writings today are read mainly by people involved in the Jesus myth hypothesis, although many scholars in that field have denounced Graves as unfactual and unreliable ( see criticism section ).

This myth has been perpetuated by Ferlinghetti and was part of the defense feigned at the subsequent Obscenity Trial detailed below.

Locals said that the McCrackens were sometimes spotted dropping these coins off the bridge and into the river below, although swimmers were never able to find anything of value to support the myth.

Wintour's Leap is named after Royalist Sir John Wintour who, hotly pursued on his horse by Parliamentary forces, according to local myth survived a leap off the cliff and, landing safely in the Wye below, swam to his safety in the nearby Chepstow Castle.

This myth is detailed below under War Eagle I.

A favourite myth is that of the mill's post being part of a tree that grew on the site, the roots of which extended many feet below the ground.

According to tribal myth, in the distant past before creation, they sky was on the top and the earth lies far below covered by the sea.

One popular myth is that the origin of the word comes from the English city of Canterbury, a place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, as referred-to in The Canterbury Tales, where the comfortable speed for a pilgrim travelling some distance on horseback was above that of a trot but below that of a gallop.