Alchemists once thought a key component in the creation of the stone was a mythical element named carmot.

An example from a Croatian folk song with strong mythical elements relates:

Lydia had always said that any legend was based in some part on fact, the mythical elements being merely the inexplicable but not necessarily untrue.

We pass now to other mythical elements in the traditions of Israel.

It is mainly in the gospel of Matthew that the mythical elements with which we are concerned appear.

Widukind is much later and has clearly incorporated mythical elements into his account.

It incorporated mythical elements into the normal game.

Alongside memories of historical events the stories often contain mythical elements.

They deal with mythical elements such as giants and the Scandinavian pantheon of gods.

But he has recently added masks as mythical and poetic elements to his pictorial repertoire.