It is based on a traditional Brazilian legend involving the loss of a fisherman in a seafaring accident.

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 distinction between myth, legend, and folktale is meant simply as a useful tool for grouping traditional stories.

Myth, legend, and folktale are only a few of the categories of traditional stories.

Aspects of the legend have been considered to have pagan overtones or influences — this may represent a fusion of his status as a traditional Germanic warrior-king with Christianity.

Rather, the term is used to differentiate modern legend from traditional folklore in pre-industrial times.

The legend has been interpreted as a traditional folk tale which has been subjected to Christianization where the familiar story of the seduction of a human being by an elf or fairy leads to the delights of the fairy-realm but later the longing for his earthly home is overwhelming.

The founding of Rome can be investigated through archaeology, but traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth.

Shamrock, the traditional Irish symbol, which according to legend was coined by Saint Patrick for the Holy Trinity, is commonly associated with clover, though sometimes with Oxalis species, which are also trifoliate ( i. e., they have three leaves ).

Charles's subsequent flight has become the stuff of legend and is commemorated in the popular folk song " The Skye Boat Song " ( lyrics 1884, tune traditional ) and also the old Irish song Mo Ghile Mear by Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill.

* The Wild Hunt in Orcadian traditional legend at Orkneyjar

Gwalchmei was a traditional hero of Welsh legend whose popularity greatly increased after foreign versions, particularly those derived from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, became known in Wales.

A traditional local legend refers to Berkhamsted as the real capital of England ( if only for a few minutes ).

It is not known when the game of Liubo originated, although according to legend it was invented by Wu Cao ( 烏曹, called Wu Zhou 烏胄 in the early 2nd century CE Shuowen Jiezi dictionary ), a minister to King Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, who according to traditional chronology reigned 1728 BCE – 1675 BCE.

* Merlin's Apprentice, a loose 2006 sequel to the 1998 film mini-series, one which was much more connected with traditional Arthurian legend.

The latter film was also based on a traditional Korean legend.

This long, sprawling, and often lyrical work ( the modern edition takes up thirteen volumes ) follows Tristan from the traditional legend into the realm of King Arthur where Tristan participates in the Quest for the Holy Grail.

In 1983, Russian composer Nikita Koshkin wrote a classical guitar solo entitled Tristan Playing the Lute, evoking the spirit of Tristan from the legend of " Tristan and Isolde ", initially set in a playful adaptation of traditional English lute music.

Evola states " the Christian legend of the three magi is an attempt to claim for Christianity a traditional character in the superior sense I give to the term " ( The Mystery of the Grail, p. 45 ).

The traditional origin of the surname ( Old Chinese: * C. traŋ ) is rooted in Chinese legend.

The Pakistani band Junoon popularised a genre of music called Sufi rock ( influenced from legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ) that blended traditional Pakistani folk and Sufi music with western rock.

Kenzo's traditional funeral was attended by karate masters from around Japan and the world, including his older brother Kenei Mabuni, which is common when a son of a legend dies.

A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome.

Citing the Boeotian orthography of her surviving fragments, David Campbell, who edited a modern version of her fragments, argues that she lived about 200 BC, and that her traditional biography, replete with contradictory accounts of her character, emerged as legend at a much later date.

The traditional strategy of the South has been to expose the vices of the North, to demonstrate that the North possessed no superior virtue, to `` show the world that '' as James's Christopher Newman said to his adversaries ) `` however bad I may be, you're not quite the people to say it ''.

One reason is, of course, that the new scepticism has been willing to maintain the general picture of the invasions as portrayed in the traditional sources.

Because of its traditional lines, it probably has more kid appeal than any other model.

Certainly, it is the traditional clarity of his music which has endeared him to the Western World -- not his experimentations.

The champagne at Troyes, the traditional capital of the champagne country, has more ambrosial taste somehow than it has at a sidewalk cafe on the Rue de la Paix or at Tour D'Argent.

The paper has a certain value as a comparatively easy introduction to this approach, particularly since it treats a fairly simple and straightforward phenomenon where it is possible to compare it with a more traditional ( though not structural ) statement.

The AWOC has been able to employ the traditional weapons of labor -- the strike and the picket line -- with considerable success, particularly in the area of wages.

`` This is a long picture and a controversial one, but basically it is a moral, enthralling and heartbreaking description of humans who have become unlinked from life as perhaps Rome has from her traditional political, cultural and religious glories ''.

Of course, the crowning event that has dramatically upset the traditional pattern of English religious history was the friendly visit paid by Dr. Fisher, then Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Vatican last December.

The traditional adobe roof has been generally constructed using a mixture of soil / clay, water, sand, and other available organic materials.

Roughly 26 % are followers of traditional forms of Protestantism ( Congregationals, Methodists, Baptista, Lutherans, Reformed ), but over the last decades there has in addition been a growth of Pentecostal communities and African Initiated Churches.

It is a very traditional form of the language, probably derived from medieval deeds and documents, and has a very complicated structure and vocabulary which is generally reserved only for such documents.

The most common criticism of HH Price's afterlife hypothesis has come from the religious community as his suggestions are not consistent with traditional Christian teaching, nor the teachings of any other monotheistic religion.

He is a prominent defender of agrarian values and has an appreciation for traditional farming.

The main scholarly outlet has been the journal Annales d ' Histoire Economique et Sociale (" Annals of economic and social history "), founded in 1929 by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch, which broke radically with traditional historiography by insisting on the importance of taking all levels of society into consideration and emphasized the collective nature of mentalities.

This has become attractive since the 1990s, especially since more traditional spring break places such as Daytona Beach, Florida have become restrictive on drinking and other behaviors.

A traditional food plant in Africa, amaranth has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable land care.

The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash ( note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24 ).

Arbor Day ( 植樹節 ) has been a traditional holiday in the Republic of China since 1927.

The advent of fly by wire and electro-actuated flight surfaces ( rather than the traditional hydraulic ) has increased safety.

The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).

Ayahuasca has also stirred debate regarding intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge.

It has the traditional name Alioth.

Because of the radical departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself.