Since King Valdemar II of Denmark was married to the Portuguese princess, Berengária of Portugal, it is not unthinkable that the origin of the story, if not the flag, was the Spanish tale or a similar tale, which again might have been inspired by an even older legend.

In 1978, Greenpeace launched the original Rainbow Warrior, a, former fishing trawler named for the Cree legend that inspired early activist Robert Hunter on the first voyage to Amchitka.

* Mini, a character from the comic book NEW-GEN who traveled back in time and inspired the legend of the monster itself.

Wertico's playing has been compared to that of an Impressionist painter ; he has also been described as " an inspired madman ", " a restless innovator ", " a true legend of jazz drums ", " a master of drumming insanity " and " a genius of the sticks ".

The dual pipe system, the advanced architecture, and the apparent layout of the Akrotiri find resemble Plato's description of the legendary lost city of Atlantis, further indicating the Minoans as the culture which primarily inspired the Atlantis legend.

The recurring " Blue star tattoo legend " or " Mickey Mouse Acid " legend has often inspired credulous officials to issue warnings.

It is unclear whether the legend was authentically Prussian ( i. e. recorded from Prussian mythology ) or was created by Grunau ( possibly inspired by Biblical Moses and Aaron ), though Lithuanian researchers tend to support in its authenticity.

De Leon ascribed the work to Shimon bar Yochai, a rabbi of the 2nd century during the Roman persecution who, according to Jewish legend, hid in a cave for thirteen years studying the Torah and was inspired by the Prophet Elijah to write the Zohar.

In 1673, probably inspired by Molière's success, the Comédie-Italienne gave a performance of its addendum to the Don Juan legend, Sequel to " The Stone Guest ", which included Molière's Pierrot.

*' Trębacz z Samarkandy ' ( The Trumpeter of Samarkand ) a short story by Ksawery Pruszyński set during the Second World War, inspired by a Polish legend.

It is not clear whether Lucas invented this legend or was inspired by it.

The legend inspired a song The Admiral's Broom, famously covered by Australian baritone Peter Dawson.

Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style – epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand – there were a number of ' grungier ' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows – who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles – and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris.

The couple spent their honeymoon at Tintagel in 1823, a place that kindled his lifelong fascination with Arthurian legend and later inspired him to write The Quest of the Sangraal.

According to a legend, when Phidias was asked what inspired him — whether he climbed Mount Olympus to see Zeus, or whether Zeus came down from Olympus so that Pheidias could see him — the artist answered that he portrayed Zeus according to Book One, verses 528 – 530 of Homer's Iliad:

* The Wild Hunt: Live roleplaying movie inspired in part by the legend.

The legend of the monster may have been inspired by the true story of the Ogilvies.

1. 4m long with a 3m wingspan, it became extinct around the 15th century, but probably inspired the Māori legend of Te Hokioi or Te Hakawai.

The literary vampire first appeared in 18th century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre ( 1819 ), which was inspired by the life and legend of Lord Byron.

Suda's extraordinary account of the poet's death is found in other sources, such as Plutarch and Antipater of Sidon and later it inspired Friedrich Schiller to write a ballad called " The Cranes of Ibycus " yet the legend might be derived merely from a play upon the poet's name and the Greek word for the bird or ibyx — it might even have been told of somebody else originally.

Joan is often identified as the countess of Salisbury who, legend says, inspired Edward III's founding of the Order of the Garter.

The libretto drew on the legend of Myrrha while the music was inspired by Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande ( 1902 ) as well as Richard Strauss ' Elektra ( 1909 ).

This legend also inspired the drama Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe.

Less illustrious uses refer to folklore and urban legend and a variety of explanatory narratives which are constructed with methodological flaws or biases.

The Sub-Roman or Post-Roman history of Dumnonia comes from a variety of sources and is considered exceedingly difficult to interpret given that historical fact, legend and confused pseudo-history are compounded by a variety of sources in Middle Welsh and Latin.

Stepanich's Faery Wicca draws liberally on some degree of Irish mythology, from the author's interpretation of Celtic history, legend, pseudohistory, imagination, and a variety of non-Celtic sources.

No documentary evidence exists to back up this legend, and it also requires the variety to later vanish from the Marseilles region without leaving any trace.

According to a variety of sources of the legend, the Argo was said to have been planned or constructed with the help of Athena.

A variety of names have since been given to the Wandering Jew, including Matathias, Buttadeus, Paul Marrane, and Isaac Laquedem ( a name for him in France and the Low Countries, in popular legend as well as in a novel by Dumas ).

As a young man, Cantinflas performed a variety of acts in travelling tents, and it was here that he earned the nickname " Cantinflas ", although the origin of the name is obscured by legend.

The post-Roman history of Dumnonia comes from a variety of sources and is considered exceedingly difficult to interpret given that historical fact, legend and confused pseudo-history are compounded by a variety of sources in Middle Welsh and Latin.

His other network radio work included a stint as " Jerry Dingle " the postman on Fanny Brice's The Baby Snooks Show, and appearances on the popular NBC variety program, The Big Show, hosted by stage legend Tallulah Bankhead.

According to legend, the púca is a deft shapeshifter, capable of assuming a variety of terrifying or pleasing forms, and may appear as a horse, rabbit, goat, goblin, or dog.

Tecún Umán has inspired a wide variety of activities ranging from the production of statues and poetry to the retelling of the legend in the form of folkloric dances to prayers.

Instead of portraits of the king, the 18 designs encompassed a wide variety of subjects, including wildlife, scenery, daily life, history, and legend, each realized in radically different styles.

Statue of Ermac in Novocherkassk The Russian people pay tribute to the legend of Ermac in a variety of ways.

" This view was criticized by urban legend expert Rich Buehler, who claimed that Robertson's statement was incorrect on a variety of historical points, and propagated a common claim that vodou is Satanic in nature.

Although he was only 59 at the time of his defeat, he retired to Melbourne and devoted his time to building up his own legend, particularly in relation to the Commonwealth Bank, and to polemical journalism on a variety of pet causes.

His story, which first appears in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, is a version of the Knight of the Swan legend known from a variety of medieval sources.

There is an abundance of restaurants are in the immediate area, including the La Carbonara, where, legend states, the spaghetti variety carbonara was first brought into existence.

Abandoning the Senecan model hitherto universal in Spain, Cueva took for his themes matters of national legend, historic tradition, recent victories and the actualities of contemporary life: this amalgamation of epical and realistic elements, and the introduction of a great variety of metres, prepared the way for the Spanish romantic drama of the 17th century.