In the lore of the True Shepherd of Anu ( SIPA. ZI. AN. NA-Orion ) and his accompanying animal symbol, the rooster and their divinely ordained role was to communicate the messages of the gods.

This six shot mostly biographical work is an exciting excursion through the life and lore of the fastest gun in the west, Wes Hardin and pays equal homage to Dylan's record and Johnny Cash's double concept album Sings the Ballads of the True West.

It is to say rather, I believe, that he has brought to bear on the history, the traditions, and the lore of his region a critical, skeptical mind -- the same mind which has made of him an inveterate experimenter in literary form and technique.

To the ancestral lore, however, new materials were added.

We do not deny originality to the Agamemnon because Aeschylus found the tales of the house of Atreus among the folk lore of the Greeks.

In addition, this country has been settled by many peoples of many heritages and their lore has become acculturated slowly, in an age of print and easy communication, within an ever-expanding and changing society.

Muller was attracted to the lore of mailboxes.

Richard was a solitary student in New York and acquired, in his remoteness, a thorough if bookish knowledge of Asian lore, literature, life, politics and history.

He is the so-called " Mad Arab " credited with authoring the imaginary book Kitab al-Azif ( the Necronomicon ), and as such is an integral part of Cthulhu Mythos lore.

Alhazred had been kidnapped in Damascus and brought to the Nameless City, where he had earlier studied and learned some of the Necronomicons lore.

The Historia Brittonum preserves several snippets of lore about Ambrosius.

Theodism is focused on the lore, beliefs and social structure-particularly the concept of thew ( Old English þeaw ) or " customary law "-of various specific Germanic tribes.

Tanya Luhrmann has said that " all magicians know something about astrology ," and refers to a table of correspondences in Starhawk's The Spiral Dance, organized by planet, as an example of the astrological lore studied by magicians.

The descendant of men learned in rabbinic lore, Abba Mari devoted himself to the study of theology and philosophy, and made himself acquainted with the writings of Moses Maimonides and Nachmanides as well as with the Talmud.

Abba Mari moved to Montpellier, where, to his chagrin, he found the study of rabbinical lore greatly neglected by the young, who devoted all of their time and zeal to science and philosophy.

From his associations in the house of his uncle, and later as his uncle's disciple and as a member of the academy at Sepphoris, Rav acquired such an extraordinary knowledge of traditional lore as to make him its foremost exponent in his native land.

I was innocent before I read them, but by the time I had read them all, there was nothing I did not know about sexual exploits … I had my degree in erotic lore.

They base their celebrations and rituals on traditional lore from the living Celtic cultures, as well as research into the older beliefs of the polytheistic Celts.

* Simpson, Eve Blantyre ( 1908 ), Folk lore in lowland Scotland, London: J. M.

It has also been suggested that 19th-century bunyip lore was reinforced by imported European memories, such as that of the Irish Púca.

In Jewish lore, blood libels were the impetus for the creation of the Golem of Prague by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel in the 16th century.

The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu — a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus of Lovecraft's famous short story The Call of Cthulhu ( first published in pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928 )— to identify the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors.

The Cantigas are composed of 420 poems, 356 of which are in a narrative format relating to Marian miracles ; the rest of them, except an introduction and two prologues, are of lore or involve Marian festivities.

Already a controversial figure in the clubhouse after his corked-bat incident, Sammy's actions alienated much of his once strong fan base as well as the few teammates still on good terms with him, ( many teammates had tired of Sosa's playing of loud salsa music in the locker room ) and possibly tarnished his place in Cubs ' lore for years to come.

In the in-game lore of the videogame series The Elder Scrolls, there existed an eccentric emperor named Emperor Pelagius Septim III who seems to be heavily based upon Caligula.

His two chief works are valuable for the numerous quotations from the works of earlier authors, which are otherwise lost, and for the surprising lore, which offers unexpected glimpses into the Greco-Roman world-view.

One of the pieces of easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature —" Left Bank Two ", composed by Wayne Hill and performed by the Lance Gambit Trio — has passed into British TV theme lore.

The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature-" Left Bank Two ", composed by Wayne Hill-has passed into British TV musical lore.

He also published articles on animal lore as Grey Owl in Forest & Outdoors, a publication of the Canadian Forestry Association.

The town, in turn, had taken the name in reference to a wild cat whose raids and nocturnal shrieks had so disturbed area residents in the 19th century that they set a on fire to keep it at bay after all attempts to trap or kill it had failed ; the lore of the elusive animal shaking up a sleepy planters ' hamlet appealed to the band.

Other subjects are taken from mythology, fairy lore, fables, animal life and the customs and habits of the German middle class.

The Mandarin Duck symbol is also used in Chinese weddings, because in traditional Chinese lore they symbolize wedded bliss and fidelity.

Jewish lore links the symbol to the " Seal of Solomon ", the magical signet ring used by King Solomon to control demons and spirits.

Jewish lore also links the symbol to a magic shield owned by King David that protected him from enemies.

However, basil represented hatred in ancient Greece, and European lore sometimes claims that basil is a symbol of Satan.

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came in with some great ideas and she had reinvented some of the lore and it was pretty cool but in the end there just wasn ’ t enough on the page .”

The ' 38 club saw Dizzy Dean lead the team's pitching staff and provided a historic moment when they won a crucial late-season game at Wrigley Field over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a walk-off home run by Gabby Hartnett, which became known in baseball lore as " The Homer in the Gloamin '".

The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth of a cauldron endowed with special powers.

Hecate was closely associated with plant lore and the concoction of medicines and poisons.

The Feri Tradition should not be confused, however, with other spiritual traditions bearing the name Faery ( including the Radical Faeries as well as branches of Wicca that focus on fairy / faery lore.

Usually in most languages a different term other than the one translated " shaman " is applied to a religious official leading sacrificial rites (" priest "), or to a raconteur (" sage ") of traditional lore ; there may be more of an overlap in functions ( with that of a shaman ), however, in the case of an interpreter of omens or of dreams.

According to Celtic lore, Samhain is a time when the boundaries between the world of the living and the world of the dead become thinner, allowing spirits and other supernatural entities to pass between the worlds to socialize with humans.

The more mystically inclined may also see this as a time for deeply communing with the deities, especially those whom the lore mentions as being particularly connected with this festival.

The Browns took the ball back and drove to the Denver 8-yard line, but the drive ended with a play that became known as The Fumble resulting more bad luck in Cleveland professional sports lore: Denver defensive back Jeremiah Castille stripped the football from Browns running back Ernest Byner and recovered the ensuing fumble as Byner was rushing in for the potential tying touchdown, securing the Broncos ' win.

The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, a massive tree ( sometimes considered a yew or ash tree ) with extensive lore surrounding it.

Some French werewolf lore is associated with documented events.

When the European colonization of the Americas occurred, the pioneers brought their own werewolf folklore with them and were later influenced by the lore of their neighbouring colonies and those of the Natives.

In the poem Grímnismál, Odin ( disguised as Grímnir ) provides the young Agnar with cosmological lore.

On 19 August 1800, when Anning was 15 months old, an event occurred that became part of local lore ; she was being held by a neighbour, Elizabeth Haskings, who was standing with two other women under an elm tree watching an equestrian show, being put on by a travelling company of horsemen, when lightning struck the tree.

** → or a centring diphthong of the type when in final position, with the latter variants being more common in broad Cockney ; thus " saw "-" sore "-" soar ", " law "-" lore ", " war "-" wore ".

It was discovered in time with eight conspirators executed, including Guy Fawkes, who became the iconic evil traitor in English lore.

The Nazis called this event " Saalschlacht " ( meeting hall battle ) and it assumed legendary proportions in SA lore with the passage of time.

According to popular film lore, Shearer was originally never in the running for the lead role in The Divorcee because it was believed that she didn't have enough sex appeal ; it was only after Shearer arranged a special photo session with studio portrait photographer George Hurrell and her husband saw the result, that he relented and gave her the role.