Sentence examples for based on legends from inspiring English sources

Ash and La Motte themselves both fabricate poetic romances based on legends.

Mr. Nekvasil said, "It is a kind of modern Czech legend, and operas have always been based on legends".

Based on legends that date back to the 5th century, the Donation was composed by an unknown writer in the 8th century.

The plays, which were based on legends or remote history (though given the appearance of truth), were interpreted so as to convey some religious, moral, or political meaning.

The cult of Kappalpei is based on legends of foreigners coming over by ships and landing along the coast where the Vedar usually lived.

It is difficult to reconstruct the factual history of the place and the reason for its popularity amongst Sri Lankans and Indians based on legends and available archeological and literary evidence alone, although the place seems to have a venerable history.

Even folk practices, based on legend, were policed and suppressed.

While there are a few legitimate accounts of wild animals intentionally seeking out mind-altering substances, most such tales are based on legend and hearsay, and others simply have insufficient evidence to understand.

A five-volume manga based on Legend of Mana was drawn by Shiro Amano and published in Japan by Enterbrain between 2000 and 2002.

Some are simply based on legend or belief, whereas others are traditionally applied but without any scientific basis.

"A serial killer based on urban legends?" scoffs a character in the 1998 slasher film "Urban Legend".