Some of them represent the fable of Cupid and Psyche, which is probably the romantic invention of a literary period, and cannot, I think, be reckoned as a genuine mythical product.
The choice of Hercules is a pretty fable; but Prodicus makes it easy work for the hero, as if the first resolves were enough.
Not that Catherine was always stupid—by no means; she learnt the fable of "The Hare and Many Friends" as quickly as any girl in England.
(Aesop, ancient Greek fable writer).
Remember Aesop"s fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a race?
From this fable comes the idiom "The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea".
(Aesop, ancient Greek fable writer) .
I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or fable.
Inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable Journey to the West, the 10-part half hour series follows a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and restore balance to their world.
This fable shows that persuasion is often more effective than force.
This fable applied to the covetous.
In China, there is a famous fable "the foolish old man removed themountains", which presents spirits of firm determination and perseverance.
Remember Aesop's fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a race?
Based on a 16th-century Chinese novel, "Monkey" relates a fable that is widely known in Asian cultures, drawn loosely from the historic pilgrimage of a priest from China to India in search of Buddhist sutras.
" "Captain Smollett," began the doctor with a smile, "did ever you hear the fable of the mountain and the mouse?
Remember Aesop's fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a race?
(Aesop, ancient Greek fable writer) .
From this fable comes the idiom, "The bird Jingwei tries to fill the sea.
There is, of course, the slim and elegant language of numbers, the alphabet of the powers of ten, but then this would not be a story in the sense in which it wants to be a story; that is, a fable that awakens echoes, and in which each of us can perceive distant reflections of himself and of the human race.
She doesn't think of her song, which will flourish in thousands of years to come, beside the legends of Moses and Bidpai's golden fable about the craft and luck of the fox.