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The epithet is connected with dolphins ( Greek δελφίς ,- ῖνος ) in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo ( line 400 ), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back.
Conventional wisdom holds that Hamlet is too obviously connected to legend, and the name Hamnet was quite popular at the time.
It is also connected to the legend according to which St. John was handed a cup of poisoned wine, from which, at his blessing, the poison rose in the shape of a serpent.
A problem sometimes connected to the Pope Joan legend is the fact that there is no Pope John XX in any list.
The belief in the existence of authentic images of Christ is connected with the old legend of King Abgar of Edessa and the apocryphal writing known as the " Mors Pilati " (" the Death of Pilate ").
The origin of the name is uncertain: it has naturally been connected with the legend of Circe, and Victor Bérard ( in Les Phéniciens et l ' Odyssée, ii.
An unconfirmed legend wants the Castle to be connected by a secret underground tunnel to the Certosa.
Many people connected with the film met unfortunate fates after the film wrapped, giving rise to an urban legend that Incubus was a cursed production:
The mediaeval legend of Genevieve of Brabant connected her to Treves.
Vigilantism in literature, folklore and legend is connected to the fundamental issues of dissatisfied morality, injustice, the failures of authority and the ethical adequacy of legitimate governance.
The name's origin, means hawk in Polish language and is connected with the legend of the black knight.
The most famous legend connected with the castle is that of the Monster of Glamis, a hideously deformed child born to the family.
He was counted among the Calydonian hunters and the Argonauts, and was connected with the legend of the foundation of Cyrene.
The " grave " mound is ascribed to David Prichard, landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert in the late eighteenth century, who connected the legend to the village in order to encourage tourism.
The " grave " mound is ascribed to the activities of a late 18th-century landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert, David Pritchard, who connected the legend to the village in order to encourage tourism.
Several themes of myth converged on the chariot, as Robin Lane Fox remarks: Midas was connected in legend with Alexander's native Macedonia, where the lowland " Gardens of Midas " still bore his name, and the Phrygian tribes were rightly remembered as having once dwelt in Macedonia.
The best-known legend with which the Lapiths are connected is their battle with the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous, the Centauromachy.
The author of the legend doubtless connected in his invention three saints who apparently suffered death in Lucania, and were first venerated there.
The legend of the Pahana seems intimately connected with the Aztec story of Quetzalcoatl, and other legends of Central America.
The character of Gawain is connected by familial ties to specific characters in much of the literature concerning Arthurian legend.
This cycle connected his ancestors to the legend of the Knight of the Swan, most famous today as the storyline of Wagner's opera Lohengrin.
A popular legend of Ladislaus connected to this battle tells of Ladislaus pursuing and overcoming a Pecheneg warrior, who had tried to abduct a Hungarian girl, thus freeing the girl was.
The first three Dragon Quest games, all connected to the legend of Erdrick, comprise the " Erdrick trilogy ".
* Merlin's Apprentice, a loose 2006 sequel to the 1998 film mini-series, one which was much more connected with traditional Arthurian legend.

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It is also possible, but equally doubtful, that he actually shot down the hundreds of men with which his legend credits him.
One day in a bar, so the legend goes, someone put a beer stein with too much force on the monacle and broke it.
The legend as it exists in Fall River today always includes the solemn assurance that Bridget returned to Ireland after the trial with a `` big bundle '' of cash which Lizzie gave her for keeping her mouth shut.
Exploiting the embellished legend of his frontier days with his father, Lincoln's supporters adopted the label of " The Rail Candidate ".
His arrival must have occurred during the " dark ages " that followed the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization, and his conflict with Gaia ( Mother Earth ) was represented by the legend of his slaying her daughter the serpent Python.
Although the origins of the term are not referred to in the text, the title served ( along with the general hype created in Australia ) to revive public interest in the legend.
Along with the Edicts of Ashoka, his legend is related in the later 2nd-century
Coin of Alfred, king of Wessex, London, 880 ( based upon a Roman model ). Obv: King with royal band in profile, with legend: ÆLFRED REX " King Ælfred ".
The subject was apt for a papal state seeking clout, since it depicts the historical legend when the greatest of the popes Leo, with supernatural aid, deterred the Huns from looting Rome.
* The White Lady is a type of female ghost reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with some local legend of tragedy.
According to popular legend, his raiders gained access to the walled town with the aid of a local woman who sympathised with the rebellion, letting a small party in via the Market Street gate at midnight.
They revelled in the legend that he was taken by Timur to Samarkand, and embellished it with a cast of characters to create an oriental fantasy that has maintained its appeal.
He wanted to develop collaborations between soul singers and rock ' n ' roll, hoping to make an album with Ray Charles and gospel legend Mahalia Jackson.
A popular legend at the time was of the Amazons, a tribe of fierce female warriors who socialized with men only for procreation and even removed one breast to become better warriors ( the idea being that the right breast would interfere with the operation of a bow and arrow ).
Although historically inaccurate, the legend of the Greek messenger Pheidippides running to Athens with news of the victory became the inspiration for this athletic event, introduced at the 1896 Athens Olympics, and originally run between Marathon and Athens.
The most famous legend associated with Marathon is that of the runner Pheidippides / Philippides bringing news to Athens of the battle, which is described below.
Dozmary Pool is identified by some people with the lake in which, according to Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur to The Lady of the Lake.
In a famous legend, he defeated Sasaki Kojiro with a bokken he had carved from an oar while traveling on a boat to the predetermined island for the duel.
* Nicholas of Flue ( According to legend, he survived for nineteen years with no food except for the Eucharist.
( 1962 ) Atlas Borealis 1950. 0, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences ( Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved ), Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1st Edition, elephant folio hardcover, with small transparency overlay coordinate grid square and separate paper magnitude legend ruler.
( 1958 ) Atlas Eclipticalis 1950. 0, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences ( Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved ), Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1st Edition, elephant folio hardcover, with small transparency overlay coordinate grid square and separate paper magnitude legend ruler.

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