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Its folklore and legend, usually disguised as history, are allowed to account for group actions, to provide a focal point for group loyalty, and to become a cohesive force for national identification.
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Its and folklore
Its true origins are in the United States: " This is a lovely folklore story, but sadly Mary Thomas of Llangollen was not the heroine of the nursery rhyme ...
Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the " king of the birds " in European folklore.
Its background of rustic folklore gives it additional interest, and there is much fun poked at Gabriel Harvey and Richard Stanyhurst.
Its branches include a puppet theater ( created in 1949 ), the Estrada section for open-air performances ( 1958 ), and a folklore section ( 1970 ).
Its traditional folklore is among the richest in the country.
Its road agility and acceleration rate ( quite surprising for its appeal ) prevented it from taking Zaporozhets ' place in folklore ( which takes its delight in the awkwardness and slow speed of the former ).
Its venom supposedly corrodes metal and local folklore tells of a predilection for the color yellow.
Its music ( composer unknown, as with all folklore ) was written down to notes for the first time by a Serb musician from Croatia by the name of Nikola Hercigonja shortly after World War II, who falsely assumed that Montenegrin WWII Nazi-fascist collaborator Sekula Drljević was the song's original author.
Its origin is uncertain, but according to local folklore it dates from 1700, when a Dutch ship is said to have run aground on the shore nearby, and the crew erected the broken mast to show their appreciation of the assistance offered to them by the townsfolk.
Its goal was to incorporate African folklore and rhythm into traditional modes of art.
Its Museum of the Bohemian Paradise has a significant collection of gemstones and jewelry, as well as exhibits on geology, archaeology, and folklore.
Its collection comprises rare 16th and 17th century manuscripts, in Greek an in foreign languages, important documents from the period of the Greek War of Independence and rich folklore material.
Its folklore was brought there mainly by Polish settlers from the Lesser Poland region further north and partly by Transylvanian settlers in the centuries during their migrations.
Its name derives from Irish Each ( horse ) and Léim ( leap ), as local folklore has it a horse leapt from the east of the townland to the west, marking-out its borders.
Its music was what they called " supermodern folklore ".
Its and legend
Its legend ran that the sight of St. Spyridon approaching turkish forces bearing a flaming torch in one hand and a cross in the other, had caused panic.
Diaconis left home at 14 to travel with sleight-of-hand legend Dai Vernon, and dropped out of high school, promising himself that he would return one day so that he could learn all of the math necessary to read William Feller's famous two-volume treatise on probability theory, An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications.
Its habit of producing a circle of white epicormic leaves on the bole every spring gave rise to a local legend.
Its name in Persian means Job's spring due to the legend according to which Job ( Ayub ) visited this place and brought forth a spring of water by the blow of his staff on the ground.
Its present name is possibly derived from Saint Andrew ( Sanct Ander ) or Saint Emeterio ( Santemter, Santenter, Santander ), a martyr whose head was brought there in the 3rd century, along with that of Saint Celedonio, according to legend.
Its portal, with several carved scenes illustrating the legend of Sigurd Fåvnesbane ( Sigurd the Dragon-slayer ), is on display at University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo ( Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Historisk Museum, Oslo ).
Its name means " Berenice's Hair " ( in Greek, via Latin ), and refers to the legend of Queen Berenice II of Egypt, who sacrificed her long hair.
Its connection with the classical Arthurian legend was actually rather limited, although what it did take from the Arthurian legend was accurate.
Its definition of R & B tends noticeably more towards the pensionable legend than the present-day star.
The name Baksei Chamkrong means " The Bird Who Shelters Under Its Wings " and comes from a legend.
Its name is derived from a legend saying that in every spot one grows, a drop of blood has been spilled on the earth.
Its on-air name, B-Rock, is named for Australian motor racing legend ( and nine-time Bathurst 1000 winner ) Peter Brock, but can also be known to be short for Bathurst Rock ( or Rocks ).
Its portal, with several carved scenes illustrating the legend of Sigurd Fåvnesbane ( Sigurd the Dragon-slayer ), is on display at University Museum of National Antiquities in Oslo ( Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Historisk Museum, Oslo ).
Its name is derived from a legend of Ihenga, the famous Māori explorer.
Its origins have been clouded by legend.
Its people, the Melnibonéans, are not wholly human, resembling instead the elves of legend — skilled with magic and beautiful, though psychologically similar to cats, with a callous nature.
Its name derives from a legend of the corrupt Prince Popiel, whose fled to the tower from his rebelling population, and was devoured there by mice.
Its name in the Galician language is Fisterra, which descends from the pre-Roman legend which held that this area was the end of the world ( Finis-terrae ).
Its legend still lives on in the weekly event for seniors " Zinck's Night ", which is celebrated worldwide in October by Cornellians.
Its recent plays include Old Big ' Ead in the Spirit of the Man, a homage to Nottingham legend Brian Clough, Rat Pack Confidential and Summer and Smoke, which both transferred to the West End and The Burial at Thebes which was part of the Barbican BITE season of autumn 2007 and toured the USA in 2008.
Its legend, archeology and history testify to its early existence.
Its origin according to a legend popularised by Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral lies in the 10th century although the original star and chain have been replaced several times since then.
Its architect was John S. Helyer, who is said to have died after falling off the staircase in the front of the building, though this is an urban legend.
Its and usually
Its name derives from the astronaut " standing up " in the open hatch, usually to film or assist a spacewalking astronaut.
Its use as a cooking fuel is mostly restricted to some portable stoves for backpackers and to less-developed countries, where it is usually less refined and contains impurities and even debris.
Its on screen title is Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N. Y. Herald and his Moving Comics, but it is usually referred to as Little Nemo.
Its speakers usually refer to it simply as " pidgin " when speaking English.
It was eventually screened around the country in differing slots usually around 11pm, under the title Prisoner: Cell Block H. Its airing in the UK was staggered, so different regions of the country saw it at a different pace.
Its physical size can usually be tailored for its content by dragging its height or width at box intersections ( or for entire columns or rows by dragging the column or rows headers ).
Its use is highly technical and is usually monitored by government regulations ( typically 1 part per million ( ppm ) for drinking water, and 1 – 2 ppm of chlorine not yet reacted with impurities for bathing water ).
Its winter fur is long and bushy, and is usually mottled gray in color, though it can range from nearly pure white, red, or brown to black.
Its discrete analog is the Kronecker delta function which is usually defined on a finite domain and takes values 0 and 1.
Its life cycle is usually far greater than a purely electronic UPS, up to 30 years or more.
Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguars do.
Its diagnosis is usually made based on the pattern of symptoms and / or response to therapy over time.
Its spots, which are ( usually ) black, were of a blue colour, and the whiteness of the body also inclined to blue-ishness.
Its aviators fly four types of helicopter, and within each type there are usually several marks / versions which carry out different roles.
Its drum line usually mimics most breakbeat music, lacking the distinctive kick drum of other forms of EDM.
Its territory is divided into 134 districts called partidos, which are technically municipalities, even though they usually contain several cities and towns.
Its celebration falls on the 1st day of the month of Thout, the first month of the Egyptian year, which for 1901 to 2098 usually coincides with 11 September, except before a Gregorian leap year when it is 12 September.
Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow.
Its pressure dependence is usually only a few percent for pressures up to 100 bar.
Its name's origin is usually considered to be from the following: James ( Iron ) Wood was a mining captain who worked for Fredrick Rhinelander.
Its original series of the late 1950s through mid-1960s all featured anthropomorphic animals, usually an adult ( who would in turn impersonate a well-known celebrity ) and child, interacting with the humans of their environment.
Its stately lines are usually composed of four characters or four syllables ( Chinese characters are monosyllabic ).
Its trunk is usually columnar, with a long, branch-free bole forming a compact, rather than open, conical crown of slender branches.
Its author is usually known as pseudo-Callisthenes, although in the Latin translation by Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius ( beginning of the 4th century ) it is ascribed to a certain Aesopus ; Aristotle, Antisthenes, Onesicritus and Arrian have also been credited with the authorship.
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