Many of these tales have morals or some form of belief that is being taught.

Many of the tales in the Golden Legend of Jacob de Voragine also embody folklore elements in a Christian context, as well as the tales of Old Mr. Brennan.

Many of her stories have a milieu reminiscent of the space opera and pulp tales she read in her youth, but typically with a much darker tone: the cosmic journeys of her characters are often linked to a drastic spiritual alienation, and / or a transcendent experience which brings fulfillment but also death.

Many of the clientele at the saddleshop were trappers and traders, from whom Carson heard stirring tales of the Far West.

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 of the traditional tales about David are found in the Buchedd Dewi, a hagiography written by Rhygyfarch in the late 11th century.

Many scholars believe that there is a historical core to the tale, though this may simply mean that the Homeric stories are a fusion of various tales of sieges and expeditions by Mycenaean Greeks during the Bronze Age.

Many of Scheherazade's tales are also frame stories, such as the Tale of Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman being a collection of adventures related by Sindbad the Seaman to Sindbad the Landsman.

Many of today's fairy tales have evolved from centuries-old stories that have appeared, with variations, in multiple cultures around the world.

Many researchers hold this to be caused by the spread of such tales, as people repeat tales they have heard in foreign lands, although the oral nature makes it impossible to trace the route except by inference.

Many sword and sorcery tales have been turned into a lengthy series of adventures.

Many of his stories have been re-released in posthumous volumes ( Best of Beaumont ( Bantam, 1982 ) and The Howling Man ( Tom Doherty, 1992 )), and a set of previously unpublished tales, A Touch of the Creature ( Subterranean Press, 1999 ), is now available.

Many folktales are told of fairies, and they appear as characters in stories from medieval tales of chivalry, to Victorian fairy tales, and up to the present day in modern literature.

Many of the Irish tales of the Tuatha Dé Danann refer to these beings as fairies, though in more ancient times they were regarded as goddesses and gods.

Many beings who are described as deities in older tales are described as " fairies " in more recent writings.

Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which have been interests of hers from an early age.

Many tales, perhaps apocryphal, were told of him at MIT, especially concerning his absent-mindedness.

Many of them returned to America and spread tales of Whistler's provocative egotism, sharp wit, and aesthetic pronouncements — establishing the legend of Whistler, much to his great satisfaction.

Many tales were told by the " Smith Sound Eskimo ," an Inuit from Smith Sound who was in New York City in the winter of 1897-1898, and published by A. L.

Many tales circulate about the town.

Gerald, a constant supporter of royal authority, in his account of the discovery clearly aims to destroy the idea of the possibility of King's Arthur's messianic return: " Many tales are told and many legends have been invented about King Arthur and his mysterious ending.

Many residents of the town from that time have tales of the young Mondale's shenanigans.

Many games took advantage of this, gaining storage by leaving non-graphical data in the disabled area.

Many ships had only jury masts and it took a full day for the convoy to reach the mouth of the bay, finally sailing into open water on 15 August.

Many passengers who perished were Darwin residents and news of the tragedy severely affected the small community, which reportedly took several years to recover.

Many Dominicans took part in the artistic activity of the age, the most prominent being Fra Angelico and Fra Bartolomeo.

Many European countries took action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions before 1990.

Many scholars took up this kind of research following Greenberg's example and it remains important in synchronic linguistics.

Many other similar attacks took place after the 2008 ISAF hand-over of security to Afghan security forces.

Many women took advantage of their new social freedom to try new experiences.

Many Portuguese, also considering having lost all took their own lives.

Many of the newly rich businesspeople took billions in cash and assets outside of the country in an enormous capital flight.

Many historians have debated the reasons why the French Revolution took such a radical turn during the Reign of Terror of 1793 – 94.

Many rich Kushites took to worshipping Egyptian gods and built temples for them.

Many American abolitionists took an active role in opposing slavery by supporting the Underground Railroad.

Many new artists explicitly took up the Surrealist banner for themselves.

Many of the Savage Land's native people were saved from the ensuing destruction by M ' rin: The Warlord of The Skies who took them into her own native dimension to safety.

Many were killed, and Demophon took the Palladium.

Many tories-both red and blue-opposed such moves, while others took the view that all would have to be pragmatic if there was any hope of reviving a strong party system.

Many teens I interviewed felt that the word had no power when used amongst friends, but when used among white people the word took on a completely different meaning.

Many other forms of payment brought riches to the Holy See and its cardinals: tithes, a ten-percent tax on church property ; annates, the income of the first year after filling a position such as a bishopric ; special taxes for crusades which never took place ; and many forms of dispensation, from the entering of benefices without basic qualifications like literacy for newly appointed priests to the request of a converted Jew to visit his unconverted parents.

Many people have surmised that the decision to abolish the GLC was made because of the existence of a high-spending left-wing Labour administration under Livingstone, although pressure for the abolition of the GLC had arisen before Mr Livingstone took over, and was largely driven by the belief among the outer London Borough councils that they could perform the functions of the GLC just as well.

Many of the important details of the new coalition had been hammered out on 20 September, though minor details were reportedly still being hammered out as the vote took place.

Many of Ford's major film roles came to him by default through unusual circumstances: he won the role of Han Solo while reading lines for other actors, was cast as Indiana Jones because Tom Selleck was not available, and took the role of Jack Ryan supposedly due to Alec Baldwin's fee demands, although Baldwin disputes this ( Baldwin had previously played the role in The Hunt for Red October ).

Many Italian Jews took refuge in Corfu during the Venetian centuries and spoke their own language ( Italkian ), a mixture of Hebrew-Italian in a Venetian or Apulian dialect with some Greek words.

Many smaller Greek states, moreover, took the side of the Persians, especially Thessaly, Thebes and Argos.

Many other companies took to producing crayons as well.