Various forms of self-denial or voluntary suffering ( commonly referred to as Ascetism ) are practiced in various ways by members of many religions, including Sufism, and Shi ' a Islam which commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in the 7th century battle of Kerbala.

Various artists have illustrated the battle or elements of it, including Alan Lee, John Howe, the Brothers Hildebrandt, and Ted Nasmith.

Various themes are represented: hunting, bull leaping ( tauromachy ), battle scenes, processions etc.

Various historians, however, have questioned whether the account is accurate, and if Santamaria died or not during that battle or another one.

Various ancient Greek sources record incidents of courage in battle and interpret them as motivated by homoerotic bonds.

Various early armoured cars such as the Lanchester and Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of 1914 were fitted with turrets, but the first tracked combat vehicles did not have them, and it was not until late in World War I that the French Renault FT-17 light tank introduced the single fully rotating turret carrying the vehicle's main armament that continues to be the standard of almost every modern main battle tank and many self-propelled guns.

Various Team 1 members paired up with named and unnamed villains on Helspont's side, but Helspont himself was locked in battle with Mr. Majestic.

" Various attempts have been made to link the clues Elgar gave throughout his lifetime to any one solution ; in a programme note for the first performance, Charles A. Barry quoted:

Various organizations gave evidence to the Scottish Executive during the consultation process, including the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Wellcome Trust, and the Museums Association.

Various examples for this are attested in the sources of the time, for instance, Joan Prentice from Essex, England, gave an account when she was interrogated for witchcraft in 1589 claiming that she was " alone in her chamber, and sitting upon a low stool preparing herself to bedward " when her familiar first appeared to her, while the Cornish cunning-woman Anne Jeffries related in 1645 that hers first appeared to her when she was " knitting in an arbour in our garden ".

Various beliefs, perhaps those associated with fertility of the harvest, gave birth to many rituals, customs, and ceremonies connected with the New Year.

Various officers gave conflicting testimony as to Schley's conduct, with one, Captain Templin Potts, directly accusing Schley of cowardice.

Various geopolitical issues gave rise to the First Anglo-Burmese War ( 1824 – 26 ).

Various European monarchs, such as Louis XV of France, gave special favor to Chinoiserie, as it blended well with the rococo style.

Various operating staff who saw the signal before and after the accident also gave evidence that the arm was not properly horizontal, including some who said that the degree of elevation appeared to increase as they got closer to it.

The 1952 smog gave a momentum for tougher action: as well as this Clean Air Act, its effects also led to the introduction of the City of London ( Various Powers ) Act of 1954, and influenced the Clean Air Act 1968.

Various kings gave donations to assist this foundation: Muirchertach Ua Lochlainn, provincial king of Ulster, gave cattle, some gold and also a local town land, Donnchad Ua Cearbhall, the king of Airgialla ( Oriel ), who had donated the land, also gave gold, while Derbforgaill, the wife of Tigernan Ua Ruairc gave gold, a chalice and altar cloths.

Various UK-based video gaming magazines gave Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap significant coverage.

Various substitutes for bells were tried in vain, but no other instrument gave a tone similar to that of church bells.

Various conflicting accounts are given in Classical Greek mythology of the birth of Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo.

Various studies point to different, even conflicting positions, such as a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences, with biological factors involving a complex interplay of genetic factors and the early uterine environment, or no genetic influence.

* Various alleged but conflicting superstitions relating the sneeze to evil spirits.

Various reports over the years attributed conflicting reasons for her heart stopping.

Various historians have had conflicting opinions about the matter.

Various written accounts of bunyips were made by Europeans in the early and mid-19th century, as settlement spread across the country.

Various arguments against the historicity of the Resurrection have been presented, e. g. the number of other historical figures and gods with similar death and resurrection accounts.

Various modern historians writing on Shaka and the Zulu point to the uncertain nature of Fynn and Isaac's accounts of Shaka's reign.

Various accounts refer to airships Resolute and Volunteer as operating under a " privateer status ", but Congress never authorized a commission, nor did the President sign one.

Various attempts at harmonization have been suggested, such as that of Augustine that Judas hanged himself in the field, and the rope eventually snapped and the fall burst his body open, or that the accounts of Acts and Matthew refer to two different transactions.

Various accounts recorded by friends and acquaintances describe him as fun-loving and jolly, articulate in both his writing and his speech, and loyal to those for whom he cared.

Various accounts give the year of his birth as 1911, 1917 or 1918.

Various accounts have asserted that during the Vietnam War, members of the Viet Cong sometimes made calculated use of disembowelment as a means of psychological warfare, to coerce and intimidate rural peasants.

Various accounts and opinions about the proceedings began to appear in print in 1692.

Various attempts have been made to harmonize these kings from the Frankish annals with the legendary kings found in the accounts of traditional historians such as Saxo Grammaticus and the sagas.

Various payment options were allowed: major credit cards, mobile phone, hotspot accounts and even frequent flyer miles.

" Various accounts of the origins of the term held that Maverick came to be considered independently minded by his fellow ranchers because he refused to brand his cattle.

Various in his means, cosmopolitan in his range and possessed of an acute wit, Henry shows the negative force of nationalism in Irish criticism: his omission from standard accounts and anthologies for over 100 years can only be due to his blithe disregard of the matter of Ireland.

Various accounts say he was ill, exhausted, or had frozen toes.

Various eyewitness accounts detail hasty treatment of casualties and unmarked mass graves in Devon fields.

Various companies and online trading simulation tools offer paper trading services, some free, others with charges, that allow investors to try out various strategies ( some stock brokerage firms allow 14-day ' demo accounts '), or paper trading can be carried out simply by noting down fees and recording the value of investments over time.

Various fictionalized accounts specify the way of death: e. g. the Shahnameh states that the three thousand Mazdakis were buried alive with the feet upwards in order to present Mazdak with the spectacle of a " human garden ", whereas Mazdak himself was hanged upside down and shot with countless arrows ; other stories specify other torturous methods of execution.

Various accounts exist of this mythological father of the Galician nation.

Various scholars have formuated speculations concerning whether any of the earlier accounts of European explorers in the New World fit the coast of Massachusetts, but Smith's account surely identifies Plum Island.

Various supernatural accounts of his execution, and of his escaping capture by the French authorities, are preserved in island folklore, and are widely depicted in paintings and popular art.

Various accounts are given of their origin.

Various accounts report that " guards had to tie her to a small wooden chair before drawing the noose around her neck ", and that " she was hanged in a bosun's chair ".

Various accounts of the event indicate the presence of foreshocks between one and nine hours before the main event, and based on the ( uncertain ) distribution of those shocks, it is assumed that the beginning of the fault rupture ( the epicenter ) was in the area between Parkfield and Cholame, about northwest.