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Humanities, 2018 Myth has become a fundamental frame of reference for Western thinking. This paper explores the term and category “myth” from the perspective of folklore studies, with concern for the use of myth as a tool in research. The ways in which myth has been used
Frog
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Current status of nylon teeth myth in Tanzania: a cross sectional study
BMC Oral Health, 2018 Background Nylon teeth myth is a belief of associating infant illnesses with bulges on infants’ alveolus that mark the positions of underlying developing teeth and that it is necessary to treat the condition mainly by traditional healers to prevent ...
Emeria Abella Mugonzibwa +3 more
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“The Myth of Russia” in the Works by Curzio Malaparte [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2022 The work of Italian writer Curzio Malaparte was greatly influenced by the “Soviet” theme. He visited the USSR for the first time as a journalist in 1929, worked as a war reporter on the Eastern front in 1943 and visited the Soviet Union again in 1956. In
Anastasia V. Golubtsova
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The Resilience of Camelot: The Kennedy Myth in Danish Newspapers during the Cold War
American Studies in Scandinavia, 2018 John F. Kennedy holds a unique position in American public memory and opinion polls continuously rank Kennedy among the best presidents. The scholarly assessment of Kennedy, however, has changed considerably over time and holds a decisively less ...
Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard
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The Torockó Myth. Notions to the Sociographic Interpretation of Heritage Space [PDF]
Belvedere Meridionale, 2014 The paper shows the development of a myth about Torockó in the literary works (fiction and scientific literature as well). The analysis follows the myth from its foundation in the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
TAMÁSKA, Máté
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The Impact of Indian myth on Occidental selected Poems
مجلة الآداب, 2018 The current study deals with the impact and influence of the Indian myth on western literature in general and on the British and American poetry in particular. The concept of myth and its origin is somehow shadowy and ambiguous.
فادي بطرس كرومي حبش
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Land, 2021 The article focuses on the phenomenon of myth, which cannot be seen and may not even exist based on empirical evidence, although it can function as a long-lasting wave inceptor, as demonstrated in numerous cases in history.
Kastytis Rudokas +1 more
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Los límites de la humanidad. El mito de los ch’ullpa en Marcapata (Quispicanchi), Perú
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2010 The limits of humanity. The myth of the ch’ullpa in Marcapata (Quispicanchi), Peru. This paper presents and discusses the myth of the ch’ullpa – beings of the pre-solar time – such as it is narrated by the members of the ayllu Collana from the district ...
Pablo F. Sendón
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Al Ababeed : filmer Zénobie comme une héroïne nationale
Frontière·s, 2023 The Syrian television programme Al Ababeed, broadcast in 1997, follows the events that led to the fall of Palmyra and the end of Zenobia's power. Produced with considerable resources, it was a milestone in the transformation of Zenobia into a national ...
Thomas Richard
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Definition of Myth: on the Road to Inclusive Approach
Наукові записки НаУКМА: Філософія та релігієзнавство, 2019 The article explores the ways to solve the problem of the lack of a common interdisciplinary definition of myth at the beginning of the 21st century. The problem was actualized in the 20th century after the development of new theories that reject the ...
Oleksandr Siedin
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