Myths, artifacts, and institutions revolving around Thor indicate his prominent place in the mind of medieval Scandinavians.

While Tolkien at some point saw all Orcs as descended from the original corrupted and tortured Elves, later comments of his indicate, according to Christopher Tolkien in Morgoth's Ring " Myths Transformed " text X, that he began to feel uncomfortable with this theory.

Myths in the Olympian tradition attributed Chiron's uniquely peaceful character and intelligence to teaching by Apollo and Artemis in his younger days.

Jacob Bryant | Jacob Bryant's Orphic Egg ( 1774 ) Robert Graves in his book The Greek Myths imaginatively reconstructs a Pelasgian creation myth involving Ophion as a serpent created by a supreme goddess called Eurynome dancing on the waves.

Myths also exist of his conflict with the sea creature ( possibly a snake or serpent ) Hedammu ( CTH 348 ).

" To placate local opinion at Delphi ," he wrote in The Greek Myths, " regular funeral games were instituted in honour of the dead hero Python, and her priestess was retained in office.

* Stratospheric ozone, myths and realities: Testimony of S. Fred Singer, Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal Policies and Mandates: Case Study 1 — Stratospheric Ozone: Myths and Realities, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Science, US House of Representatives, 104th Congress, 1st Sess., September 20, 1995 31 ( Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1996 ).

In his appendix to Myths, Dreams and Mysteries, and in The Myth of the Eternal Return, Mircea Eliade attributed modern man ’ s anxieties to his rejection of myths and the sense of the sacred.

Myths " explain the nature of the universe ( creation and fertility myths )… or instruct members of the community in the attitudes and behavior necessary to function successfully in that particular culture ( hero myths and epics ).

However according to Ze ' ev Sternhell in his book The Founding Myths of Israel, the labor leaders had already abandoned socialist principles by 1920 and only used them as " mobilizing myths ".

Lovers ' Legends: The Greek Myths ( ISBN 0-9714686-0-5 ) is a 2002 book by Andrew Calimach, which presents and discusses the Greek myths of male love.

Based on the mythographical research of Andrew Calimach, as published in the Lovers ' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths work ; the performance condenses, intensifies, and brings the Greek myths of male love back to life.

His seminal works Celtic Myths and Legends and The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cumhail are widely hailed as the best representation and description of all the legends, myths and spiritual history of all Celtic peoples of Ireland, Britain, and Wales.

* Myths of the Sacred Tree ( tree myths and legends from around the world )

The Greek Myths presents the myths as stories from the ritual of all three stages, and often as historic records of the otherwise unattested struggles between the Greek Kings and the Moon-priestesses.

Lancelyn Green became known primarily for his writings for children, particularly his retellings of the myths of Greece ( Tales of the Greek Heroes and The Tale of Troy ) and Egypt ( Tales of Ancient Egypt ), as well the Norse mythology ( The Saga of Asgard, later renamed Myths of the Norsemen ) and the stories of King Arthur ( King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table ) and Robin Hood ( The Adventures of Robin Hood ).

According to Monier-Williams's dictionary, one of the meanings of aruṇa is ' the red-and-black berry of the retti-plant ': this would resemble the berry " which changed its colour ... from red to black " ( Greek Myths 90. c ) as described by Polyeidos, who discovered " a swarm of bees " ( Greek Myths, 90. d ), just as a swarm of bees assailed Aruṇa ( according to the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāna 10: 13: 109-116 ).

* Popular Mechanics article " Debunking the Myths of Hurricane Katrina " verifies that sheet piles were pulled to confirm construction according to design

His Myths, Dreams and Mysteries also addresses shamanism in some detail.

There are hints in the History of Middle-earth series of books, ( especially in Morgoth's Ring in the section " Myths Transformed "), that some Orc leaders, such as the First Age's Boldog, or the Great Goblin encountered by Bilbo and the Dwarves, may in fact have been fallen Maiar which had taken Orc form:

Myths variously describe Lamia's monstrous ( occasionally serpentine ) appearance as a result of either Hera's wrath, the pain of grief, the madness that drove her to murder, or-in some rare versions-a natural result of being Hecate's daughter.

In 1998, Esther Delisle published, Myths, Memories and Lies, an account of how some members of Quebec's elite, nationalist and federalist, supported Nazi collaborator Marshall Philippe Pétain and his Vichy government in Nazi-occupied France during World War II and helped bring French war criminals to safety in Quebec after the war ended ..

Myths had it that she was abducted by ( and later married ) Zephyrus, the god of the west wind ( which, as Ovid himself points out, was a parallel to the story of his brother Boreas and Oreithyia ).

He now studied Persian, and in two years published a Mythengeschichte der asiatischen Welt ( History of the Myths of the Asiatic World ), which was followed ten years later by Das Heldenbuch von Iran ( The Book of Heroes of Iran ), a translation of part of the Shahnama, the epic of Firdousi.

The first parts of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright followed as a serial in the British underground comic Near Myths in 1978, were later continued in pssst!

In 1996 Garaudy published his most controversial work, Les Mythes fondateurs de la politique israelienne, later translated into English as The Founding Myths of Modern Israel.

Of those that were not selected for final inclusion on Floating Eye, a portion of this recorded material would later appear on the album's companion compilation Myths, Legends and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol.

Myths told that he had brought his wife, Menhit, who was his female counterpart, from Nubia, and his name reflects this — it means ( one who ) leads back the distant one.

Eckert and other " post-Farmerian " writers ( denoting authors working with or in a similar vein as Eckert, who are admirers of Farmer's Wold Newton biographies and fiction ) have – through crossovers documented in Eckert's massive online Crossover Chronology ( published in book form by Black Coat Press in two volumes in 2010 as Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World ), and through parascholarly articles such as those appearing on the various WNU-themed websites online ; Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe ( edited by Win Scott Eckert, MonkeyBrain Books, 2005, a 2007 Locus Award finalist ) and in various issues of the pro-zine dedicated to and authorized by Farmer, Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer ( published by Michael Croteau, webmaster of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page ) – brought numerous further fictional characters into the WNU.

Carpo ( Καρπώ ), Carpho or Xarpo was the one who brings food-though Robert Graves in The Greek Myths ( 1955 ) translates this name as " withering ") was in charge of autumn, ripening, and harvesting, as well as guarding the way to Mount Olympus and letting back the clouds surrounding the mountain if one of the gods left.

In The Greek Myths, Robert Graves describes the Pelasgian creation myth, which involves a singular creatrix goddess who dominates man and predates other deities.

In the anthology Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, contributor Brad Mengel noted speculation that Quatermain had had a daughter who married a relation of Sherlock Holmes, and that Indiana Jones's father was the product of this relationship.

Women who run with wolves: Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype.

* davistownmuseum. org: The Davistown Museum, special-topic bibliographies: Bibliography of Pre-Columbian visitors to North America: The Ancient Dominions of Maine Norumbega Reconsidered and the Wawenoc Diaspora .... The Myths of Norumbega Quote: "... The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages debunks the 19th century assertion of Norumbega as a Viking name and is the foremost among many historians who assert it is entirely a myth.

The name of Ljot is very close to that of Lot or Loth, the mythic King of Orkney and Lothian in Arthurian legend, and in Celtic Myths and Legends ( 1912 ), Charles Squire identifies Lot as a late incarnation of a British god who is remembered in medieval Welsh legend as Lludd Llaw Eraint.

Along with the Myths & Legends compilation, Floating Eye marked the only Aquabats studio material to feature drummer Dr. Rock, who had joined the band in 1998, as well as the last to include lead guitarist The Mysterious Kyu and trumpeter Catboy.

It has gained new momentum in the context of the 2012 phenomenon, especially as presented in the work of New Age author John Major Jenkins, who asserts that Mayanism is " the essential core ideas or teachings of Maya religion and philosophy " in his 2009 book The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History ..

The Greek Myths, revised edition.

The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, September 30, 1835 to April 21, 1836: Heroes, Myths, and History.

The Greek Myths revised edition.

Robert Graves in The Greek Myths ( 1955 ; 1960 ) asserts that the ægis in its Libyan sense had been a shamanic pouch containing various ritual objects, bearing the device of a monstrous serpent-haired visage with tusk-like teeth and a protruding tongue which was meant to frighten away the uninitiated.

( 1911 ); Star Lore of All Ages, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York, U. S. A., hardcover ; reprint 2004 as Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts, Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York, U. S. A., ISBN 978-0-486-43581-7 softcover.

* Staal, Julius D. W. ( 1988 ) The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars, McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co., ISBN 0-939923-10-6 hardcover, ISBN 0-939923-04-1 softcover.

* Frazer, Sir James George, Myths of the Origin of Fire, London: Macmillan, 1930.

In Creation Myths of the World, Leeming suggests that the Garden of Eden may also be considered a world center.

Other People's Myths: The Cave of Echoes.

** Myths, Dreams and Mysteries.

** Myths, Rites, Symbols: A Mircea Eliade Reader.

** Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia.

A Dictionary of Creation Myths.

Myths of Creation and Fall.

Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization.

The Greek Myths.