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Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking

Book by Michael Fishbane; Oxford University Press, 2003

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Bible--O.T--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Myth In The Old Testament, Rabbinical Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...follows my definition of myth; see above, p...Frankfort, God and Myths on Sargonid Seals...Ezekiel 32: Lion Dragon Myths, JAOS 116 (1996...its link to a combat myth featuring the deity...in Greek Poetry and Myth (Oxford: Clarendon...123) notes Greek myths in which wandering...
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Myth and Philosophy

Book by Frank Reynolds, David Tracy; State University of New York Press, 1990

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Myth, Religion--Philosophy--Methodology

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...words, behind every reasonable argument there is a myth that makes it so. A myth in this sense is a set of practices and assumptions...other practices and assumptions that comprise the myth. Together myth and logic constitute a closed and...
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Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato

Book by Kathryn A. Morgan; Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Myth, Philosophy, Ancient

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...denies coherence and system to myth and orality is flawed; paradoxically...staying-power of the opposition of myth and reason. Faced with myths that display rationality even...been a period of less rational myth and retrojects it into an irrecoverable...
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Worlds within Women: Myth and Mythmaking in Fantastic Literature by Women

Book by Thelma J. Shinn; Greenwood Press, 1986

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American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Fantasy Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Fiction, Future In Literature, Myth In Literature, Women And Literature--United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Artemis Diana myth, 45 , 61 n.42, 73 - 74 Arthurian myth, 13 , 31 - 39 , 58 , 61 n.42, 67 - 68 , 73 - 74 , 174 - 76, 178 , 187 , 191 . See also Celtic myth; Goddess, as Cauldron Artificial humanity. See Unnatural...
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Meaning and Being in Myth

Book by Norman Austin; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990

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Myth

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

myth. Throughout his narrative of the myth Hesiod refers to humans not as men specifically but as humans...usage our translations, and most of the modern studies of the myth, blur when they translate the species term into our gender...

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Journal Articles on: myth

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Myths in Transformation Processes

Journal article by Elke Weik; International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 31, 2001

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Change--Psychological aspects, Germany--Social aspects, Intellect--Social aspects, Learning, Psychology of--Research, Myth--Social aspects, Thought and thinking--Analysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...to myth, but is a myth itself. In the latter version, myths are opposed to rational...the opposition of myth to rationality in a way that myths become wrong renderings...one can find more myths in primitive cultures. However, myth is not confined to...
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Contesting the Myth of the 'Wicked Stepmother': Narrative Analysis of an Online Stepfamily Support Group

Journal article by Allison Christian; Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 69, 2005

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Scholars--Research, Stepfamilies--Analysis, Stepmothers--Myths and legends

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...exploration of the nature of myth and the language of...1997) asserts that myths do not work as arbitrary...unmotivated structures. With myth, there is always some...who asserts that myth is carried out quite easily because myths duplicity is located...
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Between Myth and History: Michelet, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, and the Structural Analysis of Myth

Journal article by Dan Edelstein; CLIO, Vol. 32, 2003

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Barthes, Roland--Criticism and interpretation, Discourse analysis, Historiography--Methods, Historiography--Political aspects, Levi-Strauss, Claude--Criticism and interpretation, Michelet, Jules--Criticism and interpretation, Myth--Influence, Mythology--Influence

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...hypothesis that all myths are in fact variations...transformations") of one Ur-myth, the Promethean stealth...temporal model of all myths, he makes a clear distinction between myth and history. While...Michelet produced myths for his contemporaries...history: notably the myth of the French Revolution...
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The Myth of Old European Feminism: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Contextual Analysis

Journal article by Dov Liberman, Christopher Blazina; The Journal of Men's Studies, Vol. 11, 2003

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Feminism--History, Myth--Analysis, Mythology--Analysis

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...that the prevailing myths of a culture or sub...of experience. By myth we mean a socially...helped create the myths, can help decipher the myth system with regard...and pre-Hellenic myths and legends. London...World of classical myth: Gods and goddesses...
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Myth: A Very Short Introduction

Journal article by Anthony D. Buckley; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Myth: A Very Short Introduction (Book)--Book reviews

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...The first proper chapter, on myth and science, starts energetically...Egypt (which many think are myth) better described as an early...like the Creationists, takes myths literally, but he does this...Onward to James Frazer, who ties myth to ritual and thereby claims...

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Magazine Articles on: myth

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What Myths May Come

Magazine article by Naomi Iizuka; American Theatre, Vol. 16, September 1999

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Myth--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...start here. Lets say myth is memory. Lets say...act of remembering. Myths are condensed particles...culture saturated by myth - myths about whats normal...getting to the meat. Myth is a knife to cut...skin. Why we need myths is the same to me...
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Myth and Thought among the Greeks

Magazine article by Joseph Pearce; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Myth and Thought Among the Greeks (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Myth and Thought among the Greeks. by Joseph Pearce MYTH AND THOUGHT AMONG THE GREEKS by...superciliousness of Vernants approach to Greek myth is evident in the authors introduction...primitive creature who concocts myths as a product of his ignorance...
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Dreaming a New Myth: Listening May Be the Most Profound and Heroic Activism of Our Time

Magazine article by Dan Yashinsky; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 34, March 2008

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Myth--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology--Criticism and interpretation

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Dreaming a New Myth: Listening May Be the Most Profound...Odin. Now Id like to dream a new myth for an ancient spirit. For this myth to become a real part of our lives...others must join in the dreaming. Myths, Im convinced, are born from...
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Myth vs. Fact: In Their Myth-Busting Attempts, the Architects of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Use Half-Truths and Lies to Conceal the Real Intent Inherent in Their Plans: Building a North American Union

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, October 2, 2006

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Bush, George W.--Foreign policy, Foreign policy--Interpretation and construction, International agencies--Services, International organizations--Services, SPP Myths vs. Facts (Report)--Evaluation, Spp.gov (Website)--Services, United States foreign relations--Evaluation

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Myth vs. Fact: In Their Myth-Busting Attempts, the Architects...the SPP has sought to dispel "myths" about the arrangement by posting a document entitled SPP Myths vs Facts to the official SPP...examination of the document reveals. Myth per spp.gov: "The SPP is...
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Books: The Publisher Canongate Has Asked an International Panel of Starry Writers to Update Myths for Modern Audiences. but How Successful Can Such Retellings Ever Be? Simon Goldhill Assesses the First Three Works in the Series, While (Opposite) Canongate Boss Jamie Byng Remembers How It All Began

Magazine article by Simon Goldhill, Jamie Byng; New Statesman, Vol. 134, October 31, 2005

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A Short History of Myth (Book), Books--Book reviews, The Penelopiad (Book), The Wisdom of the Ancients (Book)--Book reviews

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...introduced to Greek myth. One reason Canongates new Myths series is an intriguingly...defined by types of myth. So Armstrong locates the origins of our myths in the Palaeolithic...How I became a myth-maker I first had the idea for a myths series while smoking...

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Newspaper Articles on: myth

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DIET MYTHS EXPOSED; If the March Sunshine Has Got You Thinking about Squeezing into That Bikini This Summer, You May Be Looking at Quick-Fix Ways to Lose Weight. but before You Give Up the Late-Night Munching and Plunge into a No-Fat Detox Frenzy to Kick Your Sluggish Metabolism into Shape, RACHEL MAINWARING Debunks Those Diet Myths

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), March 21, 2010

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Diet--Physiological aspects, Weight loss--Physiological aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DIET MYTHS EXPOSED; If the March Sunshine Has...RACHEL MAINWARING Debunks Those Diet Myths. Byline: RACHEL MAINWARING MYTH 1 CARBOHYDRATES ARE FATTENING: TRUTH...and frying potatoes to make chips. MYTH 2 EATING LATE AT NIGHT MAKES YOU PUT...
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Hits & Myths

Newspaper article by Andrew Penman; The Mirror (London, England), May 30, 1996

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Brussels, Belgium (City)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Hits Myths. by Andrew Penman Euro critics have spread countless myths, distortions and downright lies...ones - and reveal the truth. MYTH: Brussels wants to standardize...always intended to be voluntary. MYTH: The European Commission is...
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20 Health Myths BUSTED; READY FOR A HEALTHY DOSE OF REALITY?

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 29, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

20 Health Myths BUSTED; READY FOR A HEALTHY DOSE OF...are just two of the countless health myths many believe. Yesterday, new research...it seems? We debunk the top 20 health myths... 1 MYTH: Eating carbs makes you fat TRUTH...
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20 Fashion Myths Exposed; EXCLUSIVE Now We Know That Horizontal Stripes Will Make You Look Thin Not Fat, Here's

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 13, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

20 Fashion Myths Exposed; EXCLUSIVE Now We...horizontal, thanks to a fashion myth thats been debunked. New research...The man who has exploded this myth is Peter Thompson, an expert...complete fiction... (1) MYTH: A V-neck top will minimise...
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HIT OR MYTH; Telly Show Pair Reveal Truth Behind Top 20 Tall Stories

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 29, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HIT OR MYTH; Telly Show Pair Reveal Truth Behind Top...Samantha Booth EVERYONE loves a good urban myth, but have you ever wondered how much basis...Adam and Jamies top 20 Mythbuster moments. MYTH: Hiding underwater can stop a bullet shot...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: myth

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Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...no specific universal myth, there are many themes...motifs that recur in the myths of various cultures and...philological studies of myth by Max Muller , who saw myths evolving out of corruptions...what seems absurd in myth, he suggested, is the...
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Cassirer, Ernst

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cultural achievements (including language, myth, and science) are the results of mans...Cassirer wrote many other studies on science, myth, and various historical subjects. These...English: An Essay on Man (1944) and Myth of the State (1946). See P. A. Schilpp...
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Pindar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...usually on his return to his home city. The outstanding feature of each ode is its narrative myth, which is always connected with the winner. The myth makes appropriate the elevated moral tone and religious flavor characteristic of Pindars poems...
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Rosenberg, Alfred

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Semitic, and neopagan book, Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts the myth of the 20th cent. (1930), he supplied Adolf Hitler with the...Selected Writings, ed. by R. Pois (1970); R. Cecil, The Myth of the Master Race: Alfred Rosenberg and Nazi Ideology (1972...
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Lang, Andrew

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...vol., 1880 81). Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the study of myth and folklore; his best work in this field was Myth, Literature, and Religion (1887, rev. ed. 1899). He is known for his prose translations...

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