This account now is thought by some historians to be mostly legendary, although essentially the underlying story of a rebelling mercenary force may be accurate, and the date for the founding of the kingdom of Kent is thought to be approximately the middle of the fifth-century, in agreement with the legend.

According to the legendary account in the Kojiki, Emperor Jimmu would have been born on 13 February 711 BC ( the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar ), and died, again according to legend, on 11 March 585 BC ( both dates according to the lunisolar traditional Japanese calendar ).

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

A less obviously legendary account of Arthur appears in the Legenda Sancti Goeznovii, which is often claimed to date from the early 11th century although the earliest manuscript of this text dates from the 15th century.

This work, completed c. 1138, is an imaginative and fanciful account of British kings from the legendary Trojan exile Brutus to the 7th-century Welsh king Cadwallader.

Lagari Hasan Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman aviator who, according to an account written by Evliya Çelebi, made a successful manned rocket flight.

A 5th-century " Passio Marcelli ", which is included in the legendary account of the martyrdom of St. Cyriacus ( cf.

Although Pius V is often credited with the origin of the Pope's white garments — supposedly because after his election Pius continued to wear his white Dominican habit — this claim must be regarded as legendary on account of the great number of contemporary portraits of earlier popes wearing the same white cassock he supposedly inaugurated.

The legendary account makes Tannhäuser a knight and poet who found the Venusberg, the subterranean home of Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess.

In the earliest account, Ferdowsi romanticises an international match between Turanian force and the followers of Siyâvash, a legendary Iranian prince from the earliest centuries of the Empire ; the poet is eloquent in his praise of Siyâvash's skills on the polo field.

Lagari Hasan Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman aviator who, according to an account written by Evliya Çelebi, made a successful manned rocket flight.

An early account of Agnes ' death, stressing her steadfastness and virginity, but not the legendary features of the tradition, is given by Saint Ambrose.

Writing during the time of Augustus, Virgil has his hero give a first-person account of the fall of Troy in the second of the Aeneid's twelve books ; the Trojan Horse, which does not appear in " The Iliad ", became legendary from Virgil's account.

* c. 2492 BC The Armenian patriarch Hayk defeats the Babylonian king Bel ( legendary account ).

The legendary account makes Tannhäuser a knight and poet who found the Venusberg, the subterranean home of Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess.

Unfortunately, the veracity of this account has been clouded by later fictional publications depicting Saizō as one of the legendary Sanada Ten Braves.

The Night They Raided Minsky's ( 1968 ) gives a possibly legendary account of the birth of striptease at Minsky's Burlesque theatre in New York.

Little information on Caius is available except that given by the Liber Pontificalis, which relies on a legendary account of the martyrdom of St. Susanna for its information.

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.

He was the father of Elffin ap Gwyddno, the foster-father of the famous Welsh poet, Taliesin, in the legendary account given in the late medieval Chwedl Taliesin ( Ystoria Taliesin / Hanes Taliesin ; " The Tale of Taliesin ").

In the mid 16th century, Elis Gruffydd recorded a legendary account of Taliesin which resembles the story of the boyhood of the Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhail and the salmon of wisdom in some respects.

A legendary account, placing the Báthorys ' origin in the year 900 ( preceding the advent of the Gutkeled clan ), related how a god-fearing warrior called Vitus ( a namesake of a member of the first generation of the Gutkeled clan ) set out to fight a dragon, which loomed in the swamps next to the castle of Ecsed ( actually built only in the 14th century ) and harassed the countryside.

Saint Quirinus of Rome was, according to a legendary account, the son of Philip the Arab.

Stevenson's legendary " Don't wait for the translation " speech to Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin during the Cuban Missile Crisis inspired dialogue in a courtroom scene in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

The composer is of the lineage of Ryurik, the legendary founder of the Russian state.

The legendary expeditions by Rurik ( Rørik ) and Askold ( Haskuld ) established settlements that resulted in the first Russian states ; Novgorod and Kievan Rus ', a predecessor state of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

In the semi-final, in 1992, the Englishman overcame the legendary Russian Anatoly Karpov (+ 4 = 4 – 2 ) in a match that was described as " the end of an era.

Jacques, a Russian émigré, made his fortune as the producer of hit comedies by the legendary Mexican comic, Cantinflas.

* Fairy tales about various fantastical characters and creatures such as Alkonost, Baba Yaga, Koschei the Deathless, Firebird, Zmey, songs and tales of legendary heroes such as Russian bogatyrs, and superstitions about various demons and spirits such as domovoi, likho, vilas, vampires, vodyanoy, rusalkas, etc.

Under Mravinsky, the Leningrad Philharmonic gained a legendary reputation, particularly in Russian music such as Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

His greatest successes were Manon in 1884, Werther in 1892, and Thaïs in 1894. Notable later operas were Le jongleur de Notre-Dame, produced in 1902, and Don Quichotte, produced in Monte Carlo 1910, with the legendary Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin in the title-role.

Located on the shore is a legendary twelve-ton boulder, the " Blue stone ", which was worshiped by pagans in centuries past, and is still a venue for celebrating Russian Orthodox holidays.

In August 1901, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land ( Zemlya Sannikova ) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands.

* Vladimir Horowitz ( 1903-1989 ) Russian American legendary classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer

As Nick unravels the thread tying the smaller criminal dealings together throughout the game, he faces Triad thugs, as well as crime lords like Jimmy Fu, Big Chong, the mysterious and legendary Ancient Wu, Rocky ( a member of the Russian Mafia ) and Han Yu Kim ( a general of the Korean People's Army ).

In August 1901 Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land ( Zemlya Sannikova ) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands.

At the time of his youth, the universal belief was that the Bulgars had camped on the banks of the legendary river, had crossed it on their way to the Balkans and the origin of the name Bulgarians had come from the Russian River-Volga.

* A list of Russian rock bands who reached a legendary status

During the Battle of Golymin, General Lasalle led his legendary “ Hellish Brigade ” against Russian battery of 12-15 guns as the first men to fight.

Jennifer Sharifi visits legendary Russian scientist Serge Mikhailovich Strukov, whom she instructs to create a genemod virus that will hardwire agoraphobia, xenophobia and novelty anxiety into the brains of anyone it hits.

The turning point came his way as a meeting with legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.

In August 1901 Russian ship Zarya sailed on an expedition searching for the legendary Sannikov Land ( Zemlya Sannikova ) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice.

:: Amyrsana -- a legendary Oirat chieftain who fled Chinese territory for Russian after the 1756 Ching destruction of Jungaria.

Amateur Heavyweight Championships in Las Vegas, Page scored a major victory when he defeated Igor Vysotsky, the big punching Russian who twice beat the legendary Cuban and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Teofilo Stevenson.

In August 1901, during another expedition led by Toll, The Russian Polar Expedition, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land ( Zemlya Sannikova ) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands.

The first performances of the Russian La Fille mal gardée ( i. e. derived from Petipa and Ivanov's revivals ) in the west were presented by the touring company of the legendary Ballerina Anna Pavlova, one of the most celebrated interpreters of the role of Lise, who while touring London in 1912 performed in an abridged version of the ballet.