All artistic and mythological representations, therefore, are `` imitations of imitations '' and are completely superseded by the truth value of `` dialectic '', the proper use of the inquiring intellect.

It is noteworthy that Mani, who was brought up and spent most of his life in a province of the Persian empire, and whose mother belonged to a famous Parthian family, did not make any use of the Iranian mythological tradition.

Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the use of alleged supernatural or magical powers or spells.

Michael W. Holmes points out that early Christian writers justified their use of this myth because the word appears in Psalm 92: 12 ( LXX Psalm 91: 13 ), but in that passage it actually refers to a palm tree, not a mythological bird.

Those poems are generally thought to have been composed sometime in the 9th or 8th centuries BC, but may have made use of older mythological and poetic traditions ; their depiction of the hero Odysseus, and his rule over Ithaca and the surrounding islands and mainland, preserve somes memories of the political geography, customs and society of the time.

The three English artists credited with establishing watercolor as an independent, mature painting medium are Paul Sandby ( 1730 – 1809 ), often called " the father of the English watercolor ", Thomas Girtin ( 1775 – 1802 ), who pioneered its use for large format, romantic or picturesque landscape painting, and Joseph Mallord William Turner ( 1775 – 1851 ), who brought watercolor painting to the highest pitch of power and refinement and created with it hundreds of superb historical, topographical, architectural and mythological paintings.

In 1761 he announced the discovery of an epic on the subject of Fingal ( related to the Irish mythological character Fionn mac Cumhaill / Finn McCool ) written by Ossian ( based on Fionn's son Oisín ), and in December he published Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language, written in the musical measured prose of which he had made use in his earlier volume.

In addition to unnatural and human-ignorant elements such as mythological creatures, aliens, gods, dimensional gates, and magic, the Top Cow universe is populated by its two primal constants, The Darkness and The Angelus, both of whom use the bodies of various humans as vessels.

It would use two new boat-lift structures, with horses ' heads around tall .< ref > Models of the Kelpie ( mythological horse ) heads planned for use in this new boat lift can be seen at the basin of the Falkirk Wheel.

In his first encounter with the Avengers as Immortus, he attempted the destruction of the Avengers through the use of mythological figures as combatants after trying to join the Masters of Evil, but being told by Baron Zemo he has to defeat one of the Avengers.

Probably the most spectacular use of model animation for a computer game was for the Virgin Interactive Entertainment Mythos game Magic and Mayhem ( 1998 ), for which stop-motion animator and special-effects expert Alan Friswell constructed over 25 monsters and mythological characters utilising both modelling clay and latex rubber, over wire and ball-and-socket skeletons.

This article deals with modern sightings ( the last 200 years ) of such a creature, reported as real, as opposed to mythological accounts, though believers in the phenomenon often use the Native American legends in attempts to support their claims.

Romani's expertise in French and antiquity is reflected in the libretti he wrote ; the majority are based on French literature and many, such as Norma, use mythological sources.

The works of this " first school of Fontainebleau " are characterized by the extensive use of stucco ( moldings and picture frames ) and frescos, and an elaborate ( and often mysterious ) system of allegories and mythological iconography.

" When I do use a creature that I know is a mythological entity, I like to find out as much as I can about it.

During the Battle City arc, he uses a new deck constructed by Dark Bakura, focusing on the darker side of the occult by making extensive use of Zombies ( Undead ) and Fiends ( Demons ), some of which are based around mythological figures such as the Greek Death god Hades and The Headless Horseman, as well as monsters revolving around controversial occult issues such as death and necromancy.

He was a very productive artist who seldom made use of mythological themes or human figures, and when he did, always accompanied them with animals or animal friezes.

While Greek sculptors traditionally illustrated military exploits through the use of mythological allegory, the Romans used a more documentary style.

Celtic Wiccans use the names of Celtic deities, mythological figures, and seasonal festivals within a Wiccan ritual structure and belief system, rather than a historically Celtic one.

The Greek literary tradition from Homer on also serves as an important source for Virgil's use of mythological detail and digression.

This use of the iron fan was taught to him by a mythological creature, a tengu, who also had instructed him in the art of swordsmanship.

The sign shows that all three come together as one. Modern Pagans use the triquetra to symbolize a variety of concepts and mythological figures.

Although the author speaks of the mythological Fu Xi, a passage of his writing gives hint that the waterwheel and trip-hammer were in widespread use by the 1st century AD in China ( for water-powered Chinese metallurgy, see Du Shi ):

It is this curious blend of rugged individualism and public service which accounts for the great appeal of the mythological detective.

When we say that a mythological mode of thought must be completely abandoned, we mean it must be abandoned as the sole or proper means for presenting the Christian understanding of existence.

The appearance of Bragi in the Lokasenna indicates that if these two Bragis were originally the same, they have become separated for that author also, or that chronology has become very muddled and Bragi Boddason has been relocated to mythological time.

Bayer did not always follow this rule ; he sometimes assigned letters to stars according to their location within a constellation ( for example: the northern, southern, eastern, or western part of a constellation ), according to either the order in which they rise in the east, to historical or mythological information on specific stars within a constellation, or to his own random choosing.

Fantasy comedy films are types of films that uses magic, supernatural and or mythological figures for comic purposes.

According to the Han Shu 21a, 973, for the moment of unification the Middle kingdoms had 6 different calendars: those of the mythological progenitors Yellow Emperor ( 黄帝曆 ) and Zhuanxu ( 顓頊曆 ); of the dynasties Xia ( 夏曆 ), Yin ( 殷曆 ), and Zhou ( 周曆 ), and of the Zhou Dynasty state of Lu ( 鲁曆 ).

His collection, for example, shows a familiarity with the usual Alexandrine style of terse epigram and a wealth of mythological learning, while his 66th poem is a direct translation of Callimachus ' Coma Berenices.

Significant for the distancing of the concept of elves from its mythological origins was the influence from literature.

Although primarily known for his idealised landscapes and seascapes, Bannister also executed portraits, biblical and mythological scenes, and genre scenes.

The philosopher Thales ( 7th and 6 centuries BCE ), dubbed " the Father of Science " for refusing to accept various supernatural, religious or mythological explanations for natural phenomena, proclaimed that every event had a natural cause.

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, mythological, or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings ( such as a God, angels, the jinn, and sky deities like King or Queen of Heaven, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother, Son of Heaven, heavenly saints or venerated ancestors ) originate, are enthroned or inhabit.

As a result, scholars have theorized a pan-Germanic mythological origin for Hengist and Horsa, stemming originally from divine twins found in Proto-Indo-European religion.

Parallels in other mythological systems for Hephaestos's symbolism include:

Many of the later sources may also have formed part of a propaganda effort designed to create a history for the people of Ireland that could bear comparison with the mythological descent of their British invaders from the founders of Rome that was promulgated by Geoffrey of Monmouth and others.

Jason (, Iásōn ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.

The image is further connected to the Biblical, post-Edenic stories in that a mythological story attributes the violent children of Ham becoming the Tartars, and that Tartarus, derived from the location, became a synonym for hell.

Modern formats of communication allow for wide spread communication across the globe, thus enabling mythological discourse and exchange among greater audiences than ever before.

Small bronze figures for collector's cabinets, often mythological subjects with nudes, were a popular Renaissance form at which Giambologna, originally Flemish but based in Florence, excelled in the later part of the century, also creating life-size sculptures, of which two joined the collection in the Piazza della Signoria.

Margaret began using the name " Peggy " at Washington Seminary, and the abbreviated form " Peg " at Smith College when she found an icon for herself in the mythological winged horse, " Pegasus ", that inspires poets.

Adherents look for elements of this mythological history in " theological, anthropological, archaeological, historical, folkloric and hagiographic writings ", particularly the writings of Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas.

Due to the depiction of the mythological nymphs as females who mate with men or women at their own volition, and are completely outside male control, the term is often used for women who are perceived as behaving similarly.

He subdivided nonscience into philosophical, mathematical, mythological, religious and / or metaphysical formulations on one hand, and pseudoscientific formulations on the other, though he did not provide clear criteria for the differences.

The title was chosen late in the poem's gestation ; it refers to the youngest of the three Parcae ( the minor Roman deities also called The Fates ), though for some readers the connection with that mythological figure is tenuous and problematic.