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Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth: Freud and the Freudians

Book by Dan Merkur; Routledge, 2005

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Myth--Psychological Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...thematic concerns of Inuit myths are the powers and spheres...theme is important. A myth need not have a numen...in culture-hero myths), the protagonist is...that are symbolized by myths are invariably abstract...consider, for example, a myth of the Caribou Mother...
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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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God and the Creative Imagination: Metaphor, Symbol, and Myth in Religion and Theology

Book by Paul Avis; Routledge, 1999

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Apologetics, Christian Art And Symbolism, Imagination--Religious Aspects--Christianity, Metaphor--Religious Aspects--Christianity, Myth

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...exhausted itself now: myth titles are beginning to...parody. Great fictional myths like The Lord of the Rings...such. My subject is the myths by which Christians live...when we know them to be myths for the first time. In...my intention to glorify myth or to privilege myth as...
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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

...Hesiod Five Races myth breaks the mythological...beyond, and Platos myths, whether called muthoi...and the recording of myths by an Apollodorus...any variant of the myth related of X, produces...example, rejects myths which he finds morally...then, the Greek myth/ muthos is taken...
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The American West: The Invention of a Myth

Book by David H. Murdoch; Welsh Academic Press, 2001

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Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.)--Public Opinion, Myth--Social Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, National Characteristics, American, Public Opinion--United States--History--20th Century, West (U.S.)--Civilization--20th Century--Public Opinion, West (U.S.)--In Mass Media

Collections: History, Entire Library

...narrative structure of myths, in part to understand...origins. However the myth stories originate...of giant stars, myths pull in elements...description for the myth of the West. In...version of the Western myth, argues: In the end, myths become part of the...

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Journal Articles on: myths

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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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Myths and Traditional Beliefs about the Wolf and the Crow in Central Asia: Examples from the Turkic Wu-Sun and the Mongols

Journal article by Namu Jila; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, 2006

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Central Asia--Myths and legends, Crows (Birds)--Portrayals, Crows (Birds)--Religious aspects, Mongolia--Myths and legends, Turkic literature--Criticism and interpretation, Wolves--Portrayals, Wolves--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Myths and Traditional Beliefs...means by saying "these myths" Yet, if they transmitted...milk of a wolf as the myth of Romulus and Remus...REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII Myth and history of culture...language groups and related myths and legends. TEXT NOT...
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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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Mark Edward Lewis. the Flood Myths of Early China

Journal article by Kyung-Ho Suh; China Review International, Vol. 15, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Flood Myths of Early China (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...mythology. Defining a myth as a "traditional tale...importance," and regarding myths as stories that "express...Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in...1991); Norman Giradot, Myths and Meaning in Early Taoism...Deluge to Discourse: Myth, History, and the Generation...
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Myths and the "Politics of Exceptionality": Interpreting Chicana/o Narratives of Achievement

Journal article by Gloria Holguin Cuadraz; The Oral History Review, Vol. 33, 2006

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Academic achievement--Myths and legends, Academic achievement--Surveys, Hispanic American students--Myths and legends, Hispanic American students--Surveys

Collections: History, Entire Library

...college by her home. Myths, Models, And Mexican...Black, the greatest myth deriving from the cultural...on the logic of that myth: "Given that Mexican...contentions and familiar myths. How then does one challenge a myth, in lieu of competing...

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Magazine Articles on: myths

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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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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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A Storied Faith: Myths, Fables & Parables

Magazine article by John Garvey; Commonweal, Vol. 137, December 3, 2010

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Divinity of Christ--Analysis, Myth--Analysis, Mythology--Analysis, Religion--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...is a depth in the Norse myths that I never found in...this is true of the Norse myths, there is more there...or novels functions as myth, offering us ways to...end, and a purpose. Myths address this aspect of...forms, played out in myth (Eden), mythical lives...
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Classical Myth

Magazine article; Contemporary Review, Vol. 289, Winter 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Classical Myth (Book)--Book reviews

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...all the contexts that allow myths to mean something. The contents...five parts. The first defines myths and looks at their background. The second part looks at divine myths whilst the third examines the...The fourth part examines Roman myth whilst the fifth considers the...
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Magazine article by Sian Thomas; History Today, Vol. 61, January 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...contradictions of Egyptian myth. She employs a broad...retellings of Egypts many myths and stories and Tyldesley...the relationship between myth and cult, the development...politics and the science, myth and magic of medicine...male sexual potency. Myths and Legends of Ancient...

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Newspaper Articles on: myths

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Debunking Biggest Myths of All -- the Dad Myths Debunking Biggest Myths of All -- the Dad Myths Debunking Biggest Myths of All -- the Dad Myths

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 15, 2011

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Parenting

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

...our family, Ive uncovered a few myths. Myth #1: Dad is the "backup Mom...our family, Ive uncovered a few myths. Myth #1: Dad is the "backup Mom...our family, Ive uncovered a few myths. Myth #1: Dad is the "backup Mom...
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Finding Religion in Myth; Returning to Ancient Theology

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 9, 2003

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

...Eyptians, she showed why myth and history are not one...What We Can Learn From Myths," the author goes one...who tampered with the myths, the author sets about...readings of traditional myths and narratives in ancient...as it is described in myth." From the dynamic accessibility...
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Washing Away Useless Vino Myths

Newspaper article by Paul Lukacs; The Washington Times, February 3, 1999

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

...people a source of anxiety. Wine myths give the illusion of relieving...still most prevalent of wine myths tells you to order a white wine...with this powerful dish. The myth made choosing easy, but it...six of todays most common wine myths, all of which I hear (or overhear...
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`Myths' as Seen through Eyes of Children: Greek Tales Depicted in World Bank Exhibit

Newspaper article by Paige Bowers; The Washington Times, October 14, 1997

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Capital Children's Museum, Cyprus, World Bank

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

...week when he told an audience that myths and legends always precede history...vibrant, detailed depiction of the myth. "And its taken me years to clean...children in the World Bank exhibit "Myths, Legends and Stories: Through the...
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Myths 'Deny Justice to Victims of Rape' Minister Calls in Panel to Achieve Fairness

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 29, 2007

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

Myths Deny Justice to Victims of Rape Minister...will be set up by the Government to combat myths about rape victims. Solicitor-General...consistent way with a view to dispelling the myths as to how victims behave after incidents...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: myths

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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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Egyptian Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Nephthys. Some early cosmological myths represented the heavens as a...Regardless of the different creation myths and ranking of gods, it is...systematize the gods and their myths. Changes in the political power...the poor and the rich. His myth, portraying the highest ideals...
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Matriarchy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...e., matrilineal), and myths of ancient rule by women. But myths of ancient female dominance...Anthropologists believe that these myths function as a rationalization...Women (1975); C. Eller, The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory...
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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...lord of the waters. Through a vast set of myths and legends (the clearest illustration...Philosophical inquiry led to the rationalization of myths and completed the destruction of the Homeric...repr. 1956); R. Graves, The Greek Myths (2 vol., 1955, repr. 1959); B...
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Fire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the holy fire. One of the greatest Greek myths is the story of Prometheus , the fire bringer...theft of fire is a common element in the myths of many other cultures. The ramifications...and the heavens. See J. G. Frazer, Myths of the Origins of Fire (1930, repr...

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