Many mythologies involve a " world center ", which is often the sacred place of creation ; this center often takes the form of a tree, mountain, or other upright object, which serves as an axis mundi or axle of the world.

Many of these explanations relied on folktales or mythologies.

Many religious mythologies had a view of Earth as being a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts ( e. g. some Native American religions and various forms of shamanism ).

Many pagans and pagan traditions attempt to incorporate elements of historical religions, cultures and mythologies into their beliefs and practices, often emphasizing the age of their sources.

Many of these " Literary RPGs " are fan-fiction based, such as ( most prevalently ) Tolkien's Middle-earth, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight, any number of anime and manga sources, or they are simply based in thematic worlds such as the mythologies of Ancient Greece, fairy tales, the Renaissance or science fiction.

Many cultures, even those that have hunted them, hold them in awe and feature them in their mythologies.

Many cultures show traces of prehistoric human sacrifice in their mythologies and religious texts, but ceased the practice before the onset of historical records.

Many Indo-European mythologies have a dawn goddess, separate from the male Solar deity, her name deriving from PIE * h < sub > 2 </ sub > ausos -, derivations of which include Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, Indian Ushas, Slavic Zornitsa and possibly a Germanic * Austrōn-( whence Easter ).

Many mythologies have deities especially associated with the sky.

Many of these beliefs have obscure origins in unsubstantiated Hadith, or are influenced by a convergence of local mythologies, Shi ' a concepts, and Sufi traditions.

Many visions of these end times mirror creation mythologies, invoking triumph of God over the primordial forces of chaos, and clear distinctions between light and dark, good and evil.

Many features of the world of tiers appear to be drawn from early cosmological ideas and mythologies.

Many mythologies and religious narratives have included stories of sex or romantic affection between men, or feature divine actions that result in changes in gender.

Many mythologies mention a place that sits at the center of the world and acts as a point of contact between different levels of the universe.

Many architects and architectural firms focus on certain project types ( for example, health care, retail, public housing, event management ), technological expertise or project delivery methods.

Many of DOC's Arbor Day activities focus on ecological restoration projects using native plants to restore habitats that have been damaged or destroyed by humans or invasive pests and weeds.

Many analytical chemists focus on a single type of instrument.

Many of the early building societies were based in taverns or coffeehouses, which had become the focus for a network of clubs and societies for co-operation and the exchange of ideas among Birmingham's highly active citizenry as part of the movement known as the Midlands Enlightenment.

* Country collections: Many enthusiasts focus their collection on only a single country — often their own.

Many historical reenactment groups, especially those whose focus is Antiquity or the Middle Ages, commonly use mail both as practical armour and for costuming.

Many of Dalhhousie's faculties and departments also focus on marine research.

Many of the differences in how Freenet behaves at a user level are direct or indirect consequences of its strong focus on free speech and anonymity.

Many other factors involved resentments and aspirations given focus by the rise of Enlightenment ideals.

Many gags focus on this ; his inability to get a date is usually attributed to his lack of social skills, his poor taste in clothes ( Garfield remarked in one strip after seeing his closet that " two hundred moths committed suicide "; in another, the " geek police " ordered Jon to " throw out his tie "), and his eccentric interests which range from stamp collecting to measuring the growth of his toenails to watching movies with " polka ninjas ".

Many of the gags focus on Garfield's obsessive eating and obesity ; his hate of Mondays, diets, and any form of exertion ; his constant shedding ( which constantly annoys Jon ); and his abuse of Odie and Jon as well as his obsession with mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi.

Many members of the organization may focus on adequacy, but the overall administrative management must pay particular attention to the efficiency with which the desired result was obtained.

Many compression methods focus on the idiosyncrasies of human physiology, taking into account, for instance, that the human eye can see only certain wavelengths of light.

Many discussions of psychological egoism focus on this variety, but the two are not the same: one can hold that all actions are ultimately motivated by considerations of self-interest without thinking that all agents conceive of their self-interest in terms of feelings of pleasure and pain.

Many liked the crisp graphics and focus on multiplayer.

Many groups ended up expending more effort debating their own internal operations than dealing with external matters, seeking to " perfect a perfect society in microcosm " rather than focus on the larger world.

Many of these programs offer the opportunity to focus on domestic and international taxation.

Many white supremacist groups are based on the concept of preserving genetic purity, and do not focus solely on discrimination by skin color.

Many other winter activities and sports focus on ice, which may be contained in an ice rink.

Many students choose to focus on a particular area in order to gain deeper knowledge in a specific discipline.

Many phrasal categories are assumed that do not correspond directly to a specific part of speech, e. g. agreement phrase ( AgrP ), focus phrase ( FP ), inflection phrase ( IP ), tense phrase ( TP ), etc.

Many standard methods are aimed at helping observers to avoid interference and the use of feeding stations to attract Gombe chimpanzees is, in particular, thought by some to have altered normal foraging and feeding patterns as well as social relationships ; this argument is the focus of a book published by Margaret Power in 1991.

Many commentators and critics focus on American policies from 1992 to the present, and as such, it carries different connotations depending on the context.

Many NGOs do not focus at all on reducing poverty on a national or international scale, but rather attempt to improve quality of life for individuals or communities.

Many years later I went to see S.K. in England, where he was living at Whiteleaf, near Aylesbury, and he showed me beside his cottage there the remains of the road on which Boadicea is supposed to have travelled.

Many industry trade associations are developing campaigns to protect or enhance the share of the consumer's dollar being spent on their particular products.

Many food and beverage companies are already on a highly planned basis.

Many companies have systems, particularly in R & D, which work more or less well, depending upon size and actual belief in the policy on the part of administration, as will be abundantly apparent in subsequent quotations.

Many of the men on our campus have a pretty set curriculum, especially in the various engineering fields, with few electives till the senior year.

Many years later ( on August 3, 1915 ), Lucy Upton wrote Winslow's daughter soon to be graduated from Smith College: `` While I love botany which, after dabbling in for years, I studied according to the methods of that day exactly forty years ago in a summer school, it must be fascinating to take up zoology in the way you are doing.

Many studies have observed the effects of volunteerism ( as a form of altruism ) on happiness and health and have consistently found a strong connection between volunteerism and current and future health and well-being.

Many of the non-alphanumeric characters were positioned to correspond to their shifted position on typewriters.

Many caecilians and some other amphibians lay their eggs on land, and the newly hatched larvae wriggle or are transported to water bodies.

Many woodland salamanders lay clutches of eggs under dead logs or stones on land.

Many statisticians base ANOVA on the design of the experiment, especially on the protocol that specifies the random assignment of treatments to subjects ; the protocol's description of the assignment mechanism should include a specification of the structure of the treatments and of any blocking.

Many of the Aegean Islands, or chains of islands, are actually extensions of the mountains on the mainland.

Many of the islands are volcanic, and marble and iron are mined on other islands.

Many chemical properties of astatine have been determined using tracer studies on extremely dilute astatine solutions.

Many of the settings for Agatha Christie ’ s books were directly inspired by the many archaeological field seasons spent in the Middle East on the sites managed by her second husband Max Mallowan.

Many contemporary Pueblo peoples object to the use of the term Anasazi, although there is still controversy among them on a native alternative.

Many Wiccans see The Summerland as a place to reflect on their life actions.

Many contemporary definitions of " artist " and " art " are highly contingent on culture, resisting aesthetic prescription, in much the same way that the features constituting beauty and the beautiful, cannot be standardized easily without corruption into kitsch.

Many methods rely on cycloaddition reactions.

Many modern moorings still rely on a large rock as the primary element of their design.

Many are attracted by the glitzy hotels on the south side and Acapulco ’ s famous nightlife.

Many of these new companies could not meet such requirements to be listed on the Board.

Many such children live in Sambutsu especially, on the eastern coast.