Sentence examples for an ancient legend from inspiring English sources

The poetic disputations are set within the prose framework of an ancient legend that originated outside Israel.

Based on an ancient legend, Nils Gaup's Ofelas (1987; Pathfinder)—most of the dialogue of which is in the Sami language was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign language film in 1988.

Later, Chavchavadze published a long poem, "The Hermit," based on an ancient legend about a solitary monk who meets a peasant girl and begins to doubt the value of the contemplative life.

According to an ancient legend, a singer who performed such a raga under the reign of Emperor Akbar (1556 1605) was reduced to ashes, although as a precaution he had submerged his body in the Ganges River.

This pyramid is the tallest in Uxmal, but it is also known as the House of the Dwarf ("Casa del Enano") because of an ancient legend stating that it was built overnight by an enchanted dwarf who then became the city's ruler.

Riffing on an ancient legend about seven young culturati who retreat to a sylvan life of drinking and talk, Mr. Yang's version follows the peregrinations of two lithe women and five well-dressed men as they linger among classic Chinese landscapes, farmers' fields and modern construction sites.

When I am retelling a well-known ancient poem, like Gawain or Beowulf, or a folk tale or a some ancient legend, I try to find a way of telling it in my own voice, as if the listener of today was right in front of me.

The point is that, as a story, it's new: it's not a revised fairytale, a feminist version of some ancient legend with a heroine instead of a hero.

Halcyon is a beautiful word, based on the Greek name for the bird, probably a kingfisher, that ancient legend had nesting in the sea during the winter solstice and calming the waves.

This was an echo of the ancient legend, although this time the mortals accused their leaders of stealing money and imposing such austerity that little meat can grace Grecian tables.

In the tradition of Islamic illustration, such paintings almost always accompanied the text of a historical story or ancient legend.