Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure such as Homer's The Odyssey.

Some hard science fiction stories use small ( possibly nano-sized ) paired wormholes dedicated to communication by means of a laser which traverses the wormhole.

Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events ; others are completely fictional tales set in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West, or the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Some stories say that he placed both Arcas and Callisto into the heavens as bears, forming the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major constellations.

Some of the stories included in Saint Anthony's biography are perpetuated now mostly in paintings, where they give an opportunity for artists to depict their more lurid or bizarre interpretations.

Some early ' skyscrapers ' were made in masonry, and demonstrated the limitations of the material – for example, the Monadnock Building in Chicago ( opened in 1896 ) is masonry and just 17 stories high ; the ground walls are almost thick, clearly building any higher would lead to excessive loss of internal floor space on the lower floors.

Some stories he refers to are the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the departure of the Argonauts, Theseus and the Minotaur, Ariadne ’ s abandonment, Tereus and Procne, as well as Protesilaus and Laodamia.

Some songs are about history or stories of famous capoeiristas.

Some short stories set in the Anno Dracula universe have also included Carmilla.

Some anthologies of Linebarger's fiction include a chart, with each of his stories inserted into the appropriate slot in the timeline.

Some well known stories include the Yuan Dynasty story Circle of Chalk ( Chinese: 灰闌記 ), the Ming Dynasty story collection Bao Gong An ( Chinese: 包公案 ) and the 18th century Di Gong An ( Chinese: 狄公案 ) story collection.

Some of these stories are whodunits ; in others the criminal is well known, and it is a case of getting enough evidence.

Some of the gadgets ( dōgu ) are based on real Japanese household devices with fanciful twists, but most are completely science fiction ( although some may be based on folklore or religious stories ).

Some fans write fan fiction, stories based on the universe and characters of their chosen fandom.

Some parts of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time ( 1840 ) are also considered to belong in the gothic genre, but they lack the supernatural elements of the other Russian gothic stories.

* Some scholars hold that there has been extensive editorial reshaping of the stories and statements within the Mishnah ( and later, in the Talmud.

Some stories claim the adolescent Matilda took the field in some of these engagements, but no evidence supports this.

Some of the Aztec stories about Moctezuma describe him as being fearful of the Spanish newcomers, and some sources, such as the Florentine codex, comment that the Aztecs believed the Spaniards to be gods and Cortés to be the returned god Quetzalcoatl.

Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name " Moroni " through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain William Kidd.

Some stories explore the relationships among child-rearing, pair-bonding ( romantic love ), and sexual activity.

Some regions independently developed a character similar to Nasreddin, and the stories have become part of a larger whole.

Some stories have been written with a proverb overtly as an opening, such as " A stitch in time saves nine " at the beginning of " Kitty's Class Day ", one of Louisa May Alcott's Proverb Stories.

Some of these books, such as The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, start out as tightly constructed adventure stories, but transform into philosophical fantasias at the end.

Some religious organizations and practitioners believe that some or all of their traditional stories are not only sacred and " true ", but also historically accurate and divinely revealed, and that calling such stories " myths " disrespects their special status.

Some sources recount Adams made money as a teenager by hustling pool games.

Some pioneer diaries recount success had by forming lines and thrashing through infested fields together.

Some are brief remarks of only a sentence or two ; others recount a story over a few pages, often with discursive personal commentary added.

Some sources and scriptures recount that Shakayamuni Buddha was born in the time of Dīpankara Buddha, and was rich and gave away all his wealth to become a Monk.

Some recount that it is the site of the Old Hall and surrounding cottages, others think that the main mound covers an old icehouse.

Some Timorese continued a resistance campaign following the Australian withdrawal.

Some of the gymnosperms became the ancestors of the angiosperms.

Some of the problems in the Wessex genealogies may have come about because of efforts to integrate Ceawlin's line with the other lineages: it was very important to the West Saxons to be able to trace their ancestors back to Cerdic.

Some, especially on the Zimbabwean side, no longer speak Tonga, the language of their ancestors, due to dominance of other indigenous languages.

Some groups venerate their ancestors ; some faith communities, in particular the Catholic Church, venerate saints as intercessors with God.

Some people believe that their ancestors actually need to be provided for by their descendants.

Some may visit the graves of their parents or other ancestors, leave flowers and pray to them in order to honor and remember them, while also asking their deceased ancestors to continue to look after them.

Some introns appear to have significant biological function, possibly through ribozyme functionality that may regulate tRNA and rRNA activity as well as protein-coding gene expression, evident in hosts that have become dependent on such introns over long periods of time ; for example, the trnL-intron is found in all green plants and appears to have been vertically inherited for several billions of years, including more than a billion years within chloroplasts and an additional 2 – 3 billion years prior in the cyanobacterial ancestors of chloroplasts.

Some Indigenous American tribes and Mexican civilizations believe that dreams are a way of visiting and having contact with their ancestors.

Some of his well-known algorithms include Tarjan's off-line least common ancestors algorithm, and Tarjan's strongly connected components algorithm.

Some of the plot elements of Ruddigore had been introduced by Gilbert in his earlier one-act opera, Ages Ago ( 1869 ), including the tale of the wicked ancestor and the device of the ancestors stepping out of their portraits.

Some scientists suppose that Suars were ancestors of the Keräşen Tatars, and they had been converted to Christianity by Armenians in the 6th century, while they lived in the Caucasus.

Some return to worship at the family altar or visit the graves of their ancestors in their homeland.

Some included ancestors of giant beaked whales ( Berardius ), such as Microberardiusand Cuvier's beaked whale ( Ziphius ) had many relatives, such as Caviziphius, Archaeoziphius, and Izikoziphius.

Some of his ancestors were politicians during the Empire of Brazil.

Some of his mother's ancestors were among the founders of Newark, New Jersey.

Some of their ancestors came to Louisiana directly from France and others came via the French colonies in the Caribbean.

Some of his ritual songs indicate that he " carries the ancestors " on his back to Guinea ( spiritual home of the Loa, and the afterlife ).

Some Native Americans disagree with the conclusions of archaeological investigators that their ancestors were highly mobile groups of hunter-gatherers who occupied the Yucca Mountain area before Euroamericans began using the area for prospecting, surveying, and ranching.

Some authors suggest that the idea of such portraits may be related to the custom among the Roman nobility of displaying imagines, images of their ancestors, in the atrium of their house.

Some consider the Khanty's ancestors to be the prehistoric metalworking Andronovo Culture.

Some speculate that it also corresponds to Chinese references to (, suksin ), (, jiksin ) and (, siksin ), although these latter names probably describe the ancestors of the Jurchen.

Some birds evolved into flightless species after their ancestors arrived, including several species of rails.

Some ancestors have human origins and are said to come from distant places.