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An extremely popular title convention in almost every media and most genres. This is one of the oldest known naming formulas; it is already an established formula in ''One Thousand and One Nights'', with internal stories are named things like "The Tale of the Bull and the Ass" and "The City of Brass".
Some of the most common variant formulas are:
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** ''[[House of Dracula]]''
* Also the [[Hammer Horror]] ''Frankenstein'' films:
** ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''
** ''The Revenge of Frankenstein''
** ''The Evil of Frankenstein''
** ''The Horror of Frankenstein''
* ''Frost: Portrait of a Vampire''
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* ''Werewolf of Paris''
* ''[[The Haunting of Hill House]]''
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''
* ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
* ''[[The Eye of Argon]]''
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* Each of the [[Gor]] novels are titled ''X of Gor''
* Most of the books of ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]''
** ''The Thieves of Ostia''
** ''The Secrets of Vesuvius''
** ''The Pirates of Pompeii''
** ''The Assassins of Rome''
** ''The Dolphins of Laurentum''
** ''The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina''
** ''The Enemies of Jupiter''
** ''The Colossus of Rhodes''
** ''The Sirens of Surrentum''
** ''The Charioteer of Delphi''
** ''The Beggar of Volubilis''
* The ''Books of Ember'' series:
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** ''The People of Sparks''
** ''The Prophet of Yonwood''
** ''The Diamond of Darkhold''
* Some of the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series:
** ''Secrets of the Clans''
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* [[Terraria]]'s ingame item: The Blade of Grass
* "Age of X" is a popular title convention in general:
** ''[[Age of Conan]]''.
** ''[[Age of Empires]]''
*** Its [[Expansion Pack]], ''Rise of Rome''
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** ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]: Sentinels of the Starry Skies''
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has this as part of the fortress naming formula.
* ''[[
** ''Depths of Darkhollow''
** ''Dragons of Norrath''
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* ''[[Way of the Samurai]]''
* ''[[World of Goo]]''
* In ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur III]]'', the two Story Modes: ''Tales of Souls'' and ''Chronicles of the Sword''.
* ''[[Knights of the Round]]''
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash of the Titans]]''
* Subtitles in the [[NES]] ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' games:
** ''The Dark Sword of Chaos''
** ''The Ancient Ship of Doom''.
* Subtitles in two of the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series:
** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''
** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''.
* Subtitles in the ''[[Tenchu]]'' series:
** ''Birth of the Stealth Assassins''
** ''Wrath of Heaven''
** ''Time of the Assassins''
* Subtitles in the ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series:
** ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes|Marvel vs. Capcom 1: Clash of the Superheroes]]''
** ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2|Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes]]''
** ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]''
** This also extends to the genesis of the series, ''[[X Men Children of the Atom]]''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' expansions:
** Rise of Zilart
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