Mortals Sentence Examples

For wife he has the spirit of the clouds and waters, Apsaras, and by her became father of the first mortals, Yama and Yami.

Mortals need the power of reason to deal with us.

No. But mortals shouldn't travel through the shadow world.

Mortals can be killed by anyone.  Immortals can only be killed by other Immortals or demons.

Serpents were supposed to know of a root which brought back their dead to life, and an old Greek story told how certain mortals took the hint.

It exists to protect mortals, and in many cases it does.

The window of her weakness was short, only a week in mortals. time, but long enough for him to act.

After Prometheus had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals Zeus determined to counteract this blessing.

Some gods, particularly Indra, are said to have won divine rank by " austere fervour " and asceticism, which is one of the processes that makes gods out of mortals even now in India. ?

Death gets pissed when mortals go through the shadow world.

Of all the mortals and immortals alike he'd ever known, he'd never considered one a friend, not since his father's death.

Aren.t you sworn not to interfere with mortals?

It was still dark, and the moons of the underworld hadn't moved far across the sky.  He sat, uneasy with the dream exchange with Death.  A small fire burned between him and Katie, whose pale features and shadowed eyes were showing the effects of both her pregnancy and the toll the underworld took on mortals.

It doesn't work that way for mortals.

Then what's the difference between mortals and Immortals?

No.  Mortals are like … candy to demons.  Demons don't need them, but they taste good.

The goddess Irnina (a form of Ishtar, q.v.) in revenge kills Eabani, and the balance of the epic is taken up with Gilgamesh's lament for his friend, his wanderings in quest of a remote ancestor, Ut-Napishtim, from whom he hopes to learn how he may escape the fate of Eabani, and his finally learning from his friend of the sad fate in store for all mortals except the favourites of the god, like Ut-Napishtim, to whom immortal life is vouchsafed as a special boon.

Their function of snatching away mortals to the other world brings them into connexion with the Erinyes, with whom they are often confounded.

Having been deprived of his sight by the gods for his ill-treatment of his sons by his first wife (or for having revealed the future to mortals), he was condemned to be tormented by two Harpies, who carried off whatever food was placed before him.

The impression we get of the man is that, whether or not he actually enjoyed the full rights of Roman citizenship, he was a 1 "If it were permitted that immortals should weep for mortals, the divine Camenae would weep for Naevius the poet; for since he hath passed into the treasure-house of death men have forgotten at Rome how to speak in the Latin tongue."

They did not at once become cult-heroes, but only after they had undergone death like other mortals.

Its first note is struck by Ennius in his translation of the Sceptl- Sicilian rationalist Euhemerus, who explained the genesis m, of the gods as apotheosized mortals.

The reason for this punishment is not mentioned in Homer, and is obscure; according to some, he had revealed the designs of the gods to mortals, according to others, he was in the habit of attacking and murdering travellers.

They carry off men and women "to their own herd," in the phrase of Mr Kirk, and are kind to mortals who are kind to them.

Like the fairies everywhere they have amours with mortals, such as that of the Queen of Faery with Thomas of Ercildoune.

Thus the downfall of the monarchy and of the ancient cults have been nearly fatal to some of the more beautiful birds; feather ornaments, formerly worn only by nobles, came to be a common decoration; and many species (for example the Hawaiian gallinule, Gallinula sandwicensis, which, because of its crimson frontal plate and bill, was said by the natives to have played the part of Prometheus, burning its head with fire stolen from the gods and bestowed on mortals) have been nearly destroyed by the mongoose, or have been driven from their lowland homes to the mountains, such being the fate of the mamo, mentioned above, and of the Sandwich Island goose (Bernicla sandwicensis), which is here a remarkable example of adaptation, as its present habitat is quite arid.

The Greek myth (Hesiod, Works and Days, 90) alleged that mortals lived "without ill diseases that give death to men" till the cover was lifted from the box of Pandora.

Although the Bab g (4) g Y lonian religion presents a very gloomy view of the world of the dead, it is not without a few faint glimpses of a hope that a few mortals at least may gain deliverance from the dread doom.

Under the influence of the derivation from 130p as, the home of the Hyperboreans was placed in a region beyond the north wind, a paradise like the Elysian plains, inaccessible by land or sea, whither Apollo could remove those mortals who had lived a life of piety.

In the Iliad he is the favourite of Athena, by whose aid he not only overcomes all mortals who venture to oppose him, but is even enabled to attack the gods.

In the very earliest times of the most remote animism we find the belief that a person, rapt from all sense of the outside world, possessed by a spirit, acquired from that state a degree of sanctity, was supposed to have a degree of insight, denied to ordinary mortals.

It would appear also that the rulers were always singled out for divine grace, and in the earlier periods of the history, owing to the prevailing view that the rulers stood nearer to the gods than other mortals, the kings were deified after death, and in some instances divine honours were paid to them even during their lifetime.

It is another stage when only the more conspicuous mortals assume serpent guise, and the deification of heroes involves yet another course of ideas.

These supernatural beings are sometimes represented as immortal, but often they fall victims to the prowess of mortals.

The Others had no mercy for mortals, and Jule couldn't imagine what it was like to be raised by one.

Deidre, you can't be around normal mortals or Immortals for long or even really demons outside of Hell.

He must rely upon physical prowess and dealmaking skills to lure Immortals and mortals to Hell in order to tap into the great stores of magic.

He'd loved and hated her his whole life, a beautiful woman with neither mercy nor honor, who viewed mortals and Immortals alike as toys.

In all his years, he'd known one Immortal with the unrivaled gifts of not only tracking demons in the mortal realm but manipulating the minds of Immortals and mortals.

Immortals and demons fought among themselves, for mortals were too weak and temporary to bother with.

I am the most favored wretch among mortals!

No.  Mortals are like … candy to demons.  Demons don't need them, but they taste good.

He moved away from the Lake.  He had a long journey ahead of him, one he didn't relish taking.  But, if he was to be the honorable Death that mortals and Immortals alike deserved, he had to do it.  Gabe's thoughts went to his predecessor once again.  He couldn't help wondering what happened to her.  He'd expected her abandonment of the underworld would grant him some sort of peace or reprieve.  However, after thousands of years with the vexing deity, he found himself lonely instead.

The Thunder Emperor does not condescend to mortals, let alone bed them.

Much fairy mischief ensues, mischief which turns the lives of the mortals upside down with slapstick antics.

Widely held to be the greatest mage among the mortals and tho he left no descendants many have taken his name.

They were neither mortals nor immortals, but stood midway between those classes of beings.

It would be enough to make lesser mortals crawl back to the day job.

For us mere mortals there is the team relays, these are staged over the sprint distance.

All season they have managed to compete with just 3 players with us lesser mortals playing up to help out.

Many ordinary Catholic mortals don't have such an easy road.

Luckily for us poor mortals it has been ported to Windows.

But even so, just one of Boris ' several jobs would be enough to keep most ordinary mortals busy and out of mischief.

The moral law, which has the right to acquit or condemn, always demands restitution, before mortals can " go up higher.

Not only are these organic chocolate truffles unlike anything previously available to mere mortals, the packaging is exquisite.

Now normally the prospect of spending a weekend in a caving hut would fill mortals with fear.

They liked to consider themselves as the Lord's anointed, placed high above all ordinary mortals even of the most exalted rank; and when Constantinople fell into the hands of the infidel they began to imagine that, as the most powerful potentates of the Eastern Orthodox world they were the protectors of the Orthodox faith and the political heirs of the East Roman emperors.

Both are intended as illustrations of doctrines taught in the schools of Babylonia; the former to explain that only the favourites of the gods can hope under exceptional circumstances to enjoy life everlasting; the latter to emphasize the impossibility for ordinary mortals to escape from the inactive shadowy existence led by the dead, and to inculcate the duty of proper care for the dead.

The gods did not reveal all things to mortals in the beginning; long is the search ere man findeth that which is better."

He goes even farther and connects our legend with mortals visiting earth, as the Yima in Parsism, and the " Ancient of Days " in the Books of Daniel and Enoch, and further connects the legend with the whole medieval tendency to regard the Jew as something uncanny and mysterious.

To certain favoured mortals he communicated the gift of prophecy (Cassandra, the Cumaean sibyl, Helenus, Melampus and Epimenides).

Helen has the vitality of feeling, the freshness and eagerness of interest, and the spiritual insight of the artistic temperament, and naturally she has a more active and intense joy in life, simply as life, and in nature, books, and people than less gifted mortals.

The moral law, which has the right to acquit or condemn, always demands restitution, before mortals can go up higher.

Like his female counterpart, the male fashion model is expected to be beautiful, fit and a little beyond mere mortals in appearance.

While many of Chanel's products are priced way out of the league of the majority of shoppers, the distinctive eyewear provides a means for ordinary mortals to own a piece of Chanel, and to share in the glamour associated with the brand.

Luckily, mere mortals can channel their inner fashionista buy purchasing the Betsey Johnson swimwear line as well!

For centuries, the mysterious half-human, half-aquatic creatures have captured the hearts of mortals.

Like mortals, Immortals come in good and bad varieties, and MacLeod is one of the good guys.

This is a secret society of mortals who know about Immortals and who, well - they watch them.

While not actively malicious, fairies were dangerous to mortals simply because of their overwhelming glamour.

In 2009, Wonder Woman was released as an animated feature film that focused on the "Gods and Mortals" arc of storyline as told by George Perez in his reboot of the Wonder Woman mythos.

This strength causes mere mortals to crumble when faced with their own imperfections.

These were of demons gathering the souls of dead mortals while death-dealers missed the lives meant to be ended.

They're stalking a couple of mortals.

The portal system does not work in Hell for mortals.

Angels are mortals' allies, but they can't appreciate the intricacies of mortals without the years of exposure.

Really, why do you all think we mere mortals are all idiots?

Mortals can't come here unless they're dead.  Or, it'll kill you.

You have a duty to protect all mortals, not just one.

No doubt they all agreed in saying that they were prosecuting Y g Y g Y P g a search for what they called the true system of nature; but that was nearly the end of their agreement, for in what that true system consisted the opinions of scarcely any two would coincide, unless to own that it was some shadowy idea beyond the present power of mortals to reach or even comprehend.

In the early days of 1813 sympathy with the national enthusiasm against the French carried him so far as to buy a set of arms; but he stopped short of volunteering for active service, reflecting that Napoleon gave after all only concentrated and untrammelled utterance to that self-assertion and lust for more life which weaker mortals feel but must perforce disguise.

It is humiliating to human strength and consoling to human weakness to find the Titan behaving like the least resolute of mortals, seeking refuge in temporizing, in evasion, in fortuitious circumstance.

With this Platonic philosopheme Xenocrates combines the current theology, identifying the universe and the heavenly bodies with the greater gods, and reserving a place between them and mortals for the lesser divinities.

Like him, armed with bow and arrows, she deals death to mortals, sometimes gently and suddenly, especially to women, but also as a punishment for offences against herself or morality.

The utilitarian system gained an attractive air of simplicity by thus using a single perfectly clear notion - pleasure and its negative quantity pain - to answer both the fundamental questions of mortals, " What is right ?

Supernatural beings play an important part in the Sickbed, the Wooing of and similar stories, but the relations between ordinary mortals and such divine or semi-divine personages is not easy to establish.

Numerous cases of marriage between fairies and mortals are recorded.

Mortals who stand upon the earth and look up at the sky cannot often distinguish these forms, but our friends were now so near to the clouds that they observed the dainty fairies very clearly.

Tantalus, too, great as he was above all mortals, went down to the kingdom of the dead, never to return.

The second rank (who, though far above mortals, are subject to their passions, and even to death) comprised the spirits of chiefs, heroes and other ancestors.

Condla Caem son of Conn Cetchathach was carried in a boat of crystal by a fairy maiden to the land of youth, and among other mortals who went thither Bran, son of Febal, and Ossian are the most famous.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask.