Scholars have proposed that the bridge may have originally represented the Milky Way and have noted parallels between the bridge and another bridge in Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú.

Scholars have theorized about whether or not Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; about her connection to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig / Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century BCE " Isis " of the Suebi.

Scholars have seen strong influences from Near Eastern mythology and literature in the Odyssey.

Scholars have dated it to some time in the 15th century BC and believe that it illustrates an important concept expressed in Nordic Bronze Age mythology.

Scholars of mythology have nevertheless speculated that Rhiannon may euhemerize an earlier goddess of Celtic polytheism.

Scholars of Celtic mythology have proposed that Ogma represents the vestiges of an ancient Celtic god.

Category: Scholars of Greek mythology and religion

Category: Scholars of Greek mythology and religion

Category: Scholars of Greek mythology and religion

Scholars maintain that the event figured prominently in regional mythology.

Category: Scholars of Greek mythology and religion

Scholars have linked the ever-replenishing goats to the nightly-consumed beast Sæhrímnir in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folk beliefs involving herring bones and witchcraft.

Scholars have cited parallels between The Rape of the Sabine Women, the Æsir – Vanir War in Norse mythology, and the Mahabharata from Hindu mythology, providing support for a Proto-Indo-European " war of the functions.

" Once an island temple, Lolei was located on an island slightly north of centre in the now dry Indratataka baray, construction of which had nearly been completed under Yasovarman's father and predecessor Indravarman I. Scholars believe that placing the temple on an island in the middle of a body of water served to identify it symbolically with Mount Meru, home of the gods, which in Hindu mythology is surrounded by the world oceans.

" Al-Obeikan, however, was subsequently removed from his position as advisor to the royal cabinet in May 2012 after opposing moves to relax gender segregation, and in August of 2012, Obeikan ’ s morning radio show “ Fatwas on Air ,” in which he would issue daily fatwas, was canceled after a royal decree that authorizes only members of the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars to issue fatwas.

Scholars agree, however, that it is important to distinguish between Calvin's views toward the biblical Jews and his attitude toward contemporary Jews.

Scholars note that Cranmer had moved, however moderately at this stage, into identifying with certain Lutheran principles.

Scholars, however, regard these customs as practices inherited from the old Slavic religion.

Scholars agree, however, that Leopold was successful as a pedagogue.

Scholars since Wilamowitz, however, support the other traditional interpretation, as " phallos ", from a different sense of the same verb: " to marry " ( said of the groom ).

Scholars however agree that there are two authentic ways of raising one's hands: when not in drastic conditions the palms of one's hands should be turned up facing the skies, whilst the back of one's hands are facing the ground, then the du ' a can be " recited ".

Scholars, however, use it as a technical term regarding legislative control of local appropriations.

Scholars disagree, however, as to whether Ezekiel 38-39 was part of the original text ( compare, for example, Joseph Blenkinsopp, who believes it to be a late addition, and Daniel Block, who argues for its original status ).

Scholars, however, place Lovecraft's visit too late to have inspired the 1929 story.

Scholars such as French demographer Jean-Marie Robine, however, consider Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, also of the Netherlands, who turned 110 in 1898, to be the first verifiable case, as the alleged evidence for Peters has apparently been lost.

Scholars are uncertain, however, whether Melchizedek was himself intended in the Genesis account to be understood as a Jebusite, rather than a member of another group in charge of Jerusalem prior to the Jebusites-Jerusalem is referred to as Salem rather than Jebus in the passages of Genesis describing Melchizedek.

Scholars agree with the Akha that they originated in China ; they disagree, however, about whether the original homeland was the Tibetan borderlands, as the Akha claim, or farther south and east in Yunnan Province, the northernmost residence of present-day Akha.

Scholars have established, however, that Leelinau was first used as a pen name by Schoolcraft's wife Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, in writings for The Literary Voyager, a family magazine which she and her husband wrote together and circulated among friends in the 1820s.

Scholars generally do agree, however, that scene III, iii, the scene with the Scots reference that caused the trouble, was written by Chapman ; yet Chapman blamed Marston for the lines that caused offense: " if Chapman spoke the truth, Marston must have interpolated the obnoxious clauses ".

A number of National Merit Scholars do not receive a monetary award because their educational plans or other awards preclude receipt of a monetary scholarship ; however, these students may be honored as Honorary Merit Scholars, a designation that acknowledges achievement without providing any financial assistance.

Scholars have established, however, that Leelinau was first used as a pen name by Schoolcraft's wife Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, in writings for The Literary Voyager, a family magazine which she and her husband wrote together in the 1820s.

Scholars have however pointed to perceived differences of language and style.

Scholars have however been very sceptical about the reliability of the legendary sagas, which led them to be discarded as of little value already in the early 20th century, even before the establishment of general source criticism.

Scholars believe, however, that the GAO ’ s authority could be undermined in the wake of a landmark case, Walker vs. Cheney.

Scholars have determined that the Aramaic of Jesus belonged to this particular branch as well, however, as many media coverage has erroneously stated, it isn't the exact dialect Jesus of Nazareth spoke early in the first century.

Scholars generally consider Matthew's account to be more likely to be the original arrangement, however Luke's version became more popular in the tradition.

Scholars have indicated, however, that the plural use of the term ( Asherahs, also Asherim or Asherot ) provides ample evidence that reference is being made to objects of worship rather than a transcendent figure.

Scholars also suggest that the Deuteronomists also included the humorous and sometimes disparaging commentary found in the book such as the story of the Ephraimite who could not pronounce the word " shibboleth " correctly ( Judg.

Scholars suggest that the concept of citizenship contains many unresolved issues, sometimes called tensions, existing within the relation, that continue to reflect uncertainty about what citizenship is supposed to mean.

Scholars suggest they are descendants of early Austroasiatic-speaking agriculturalists, who brought both their language and their technology to the southern part of the peninsula approximately 4, 000 years ago.

Some Scholars suggest that the command to abstain from leavened food or yeast suggests that sacrifices offered to God involve the offering of objects in " their least altered state ", that would be nearest to the way in which they were initially made by God.

Scholars suggest Etruscan, Umbrian or even Celtic descent by examining the linguistic or ethnic markers of the region.

Scholars suggest the story of Ustad Isa was born of the eagerness of the British in the 19th century to believe that such a beautiful building should be credited to a European architect.

Scholars suggest a migration either of Rogaland Rugii to the southern Baltic coast, the other way around, or an original homeland on the islands of Denmark in between these two regions.

Scholars suggest that Maimonides instigated the Maimonidean Controversy when he verbally attacked Samuel ben Ali Ha-Levi al-Dastur (" Gaon of Baghdad ") as " one whom people accustom from his youth to believe that there is none like him in his generation ," and he sharply attack the " monetary demands " of the academies.

Scholars suggest that these events might result in ecocide in that they would undermine the capacity of the Earth's biological population to repair itself.

Scholars suggest that the frontier agreement was not of the form of an " executed clause " which usually caters for sovereign boundary demarcation and which cannot be unilaterally repudiated.

Scholars are divided on the question of Burke ’ s association with the book thereafter, although many suggest that he continued to contribute to the history section and that he played a significant role in overseeing The Annual Register ’ s compilation until the 1790s, even though much of the editorial work by this stage was being done by others.

Scholars Dunnell and Greenlee suggest an idea of waste behavior.

Scholars such as Mogens Herman Hansen suggest the pnyx was able to hold about 6, 000 citizens, though later expansions may have accommodated 8, 000 or as many as 13, 000.

Scholars of the Jesus Seminar suggest that the doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity has impeded the recognition that Jesus had brothers and sisters.

Scholars such as Ferguson ( 2010 ) suggest the bo-bo doll studies are not studies of aggression at all, but rather that the children were motivated to imitate the adult in the belief the videos were instructions.

Scholars, including Burton R. Pollin and Richard Wilbur, suggest that the character of Augustus was based on Poe's childhood friend Ebenezer Burling or on Poe's brother William Henry Leonard Poe, who served in South America and elsewhere as a sailor aboard the USS Macedonian.

Scholars have discussed different locations of the older Trinity church, but the presence of pre-cathedral graves in the vicinity of the cathedral might suggest that the original Trinity church was located at the same spot as the cathedral.

Scholars like Nassaar point out that Wilde employs a number of the images favored by Israel's kingly poets and that the moon is meant to suggest the pagan goddess Cybele, who, like Salomé, was obsessed with preserving her virginity and thus took pleasure in destroying male sexuality.

Scholars use such evidence to suggest that psychotropic drugs may have been used at Chavín.

Scholars have developed theories resulting from various excavations at Cahuachi and suggest that the site was the center for rituals and feasting relating to agriculture, water, and fertility.

Scholars suggest that Shakespeare does not elaborate on Fleance's life after his escape from Scotland in order to avoid unnecessary distraction from the story of Macbeth himself.

Scholars Rachel Bromwich and Marged Haycock suggest that the army of trees animated by sorcerers in the Old Welsh poem Cad Goddeu ( The Battle of the Trees ) are intended to be the Caledonian Forest.

Scholars who hold the Exodus to represent historical truth concede that the most the evidence can suggest is plausibility.

Scholars suggest the most effective way to decrease a carbon footprint is to either decrease the amount of energy needed for production or to decrease the dependence on carbon emitting fuels.