These myths associate chaos with evil and oblivion, in contrast to " order " ( cosmos ) which is the good.

These myths often depict creation as the result of a sexual union, and serve as genealogical record of the deities born from it.

These myths tend to emphasize creative forces as animistic in nature rather than sexual, and depict the sacred as the elemental and integral component of the natural world.

These eschatological myths appeared " in the Crusades, in the movements of a Tanchelm and an Eudes de l ' Etoile, in the elevation of Fredrick II to the rank of Messiah, and in many other collective messianic, utopian, and prerevolutionary phenomena ".

These two gifts were intimately connected in Demeter's myths and mystery cults.

These myths also express some hope that the idyllic state of affairs they describe is not irretrievably and irrevocably lost to mankind, that it can be regained in some way or other.

These painters used delicate colors and curving forms, decorating their canvases with cherubs and myths of love.

These myths generally portray Osiris as a wise lord, king, and bringer of civilization, happily married to his sister, Isis.

These Greek stories of the Titanomachy fall into a class of similar myths throughout Europe and the Near East, where one generation or group of gods by and large opposes the dominant one.

These myths, told around fires at night, often to the accompaniment of drumming and choral responses, aim to teach children moral behavior and to entertain.

These myths also exploit religion as a powerful force in human society ; by controlling the particulars of religion, the Bene Gesserit have a manipulative lever on society in general.

These myths in turn may derive from an earlier Hittite myth concerning the battle between the Storm God Tarhun and the dragon Illuyankas.

She believed there to be a direct connection between the belief in and accounts of familiar spirits with these folk tales because " These fairy stories and myths originate from the same reservoir of folk belief as the descriptions of familiar-encounters given by cunning-folk and witches ".

These myths refer specifically to Pygocentrus nattereri, the red-bellied piranha.

These myths were dismissed through research by Helder Queiroz and Anne Magurran and published on Biology Letters.

These designs represent religious themes, humans, animals, and scenes of ceremonies and myths reflecting their perception of the world.

These included myths and legends, and the hula, which had been forbidden — due to the influence of Protestant missionaries — for over 70 years.

These three universes are deftly intertwined so that the stories or myths told by the grandmother naturally become the setting for make-believe play, punctuated by routine farm events.

These myths have been debunked.

These are the ' aimu ' who frequently appear in the stories and myths.

These myths show the people ' akamba ' awareness of the spirit world and its nearness to that of human beings.

These myths are not understood literally, but rather figuratively or metaphorically as reflecting ancient understandings and worldviews.

These days many of the old myths and legends are celebrated in the wayang performance that became a vehicle to combine the syncretic philosophies from outside with those philosophies and ideas already rooted within the local cultures and traditions.

These myths often have been quoted and cited, as various millers lent credence to their stories by publishing them in leaflets, available to the visiting public.

These regional differences of sensitivity to pain may be of crucial significance during the earliest intercourse.

These are the earliest anemometers and are simply a flat plate suspended from the top so that the wind deflects the plate.

These bricks are the earliest bricks discovered that were made by a fired process.

" These pictographs are reputed to be similar to the earliest characters confirmed to be written Chinese.

These provide some of the earliest evidence for Irish knowledge of Latin.

These appear to be the earliest people to cultivate maize in this part of South America.

These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.

These hits were followed by the success of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, who had been one of the earliest freestyle acts.

TeamGym ( also known as " Gymnastics for All ") has it origins in earliest times. These days, although teams can compete the sport itself was developed to enhance fitness and health in the participants and is accessible to anyone of any age.

These earliest inhabitants were hunter-gatherers, who made their living from hunting game and gathering edible plants.

These include the Antikythera mechanism and the astrolabe from ancient Greece ( c. 150 – 100 BC ), which are generally regarded as the earliest known mechanical analog computers.

These specimens are the earliest known relatives of modern salamanders, and together with the numerous other basal groups of salamanders found in the Asian fossil record, they form a concrete base of evidence for the fact that “ the early diversification of salamanders was well underway ” in Asia during the Jurassic period.

These historians were generally unsympathetic to John's behaviour under Richard's rule, but slightly more positive towards the very earliest years of John's reign.

These ground stone axes are the earliest to come from a stratified context in the South Asia.

These included the earliest sauropsid reptiles ( Hylonomus ), and the earliest known synapsid ( Archaeothyris ).

These were followed by the earliest Deinotheriidae or " hoe tuskers ", which thrived during the Miocene and into the early Quaternary.

These are the earliest European dances to be well-documented, as we have a reasonable knowledge of the choreographies, steps and music used.

These are particularly noteworthy as they show Robin's integration into May Day rituals towards the end of the Middle Ages ; Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham, among other points of interest, contains the earliest reference to Friar Tuck.

These earliest designs were very simple in design, often mere " foot bags " of leather to protect the feet from rocks, debris, and cold.

These bronzes which were used as vessels, amulets, pendants and sacrificial tools, are among some of the earliest made bronzes ever found in Nigeria.

These are the earliest traces of the original Mycenaean Spartan civilisation, as represented in Homer's Iliad.

These canals are the earliest record of irrigation in the New World.

* Three Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Images – These treatises were among his earliest expositions in response to the edict by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III, banning the veneration or exhibition of holy images.