mythology
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In fact, nobody knows exactly where Homer wrote his epic poems and there is much mythology around the idea of his cave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
"I had to go all the way to Japanese Shinto mythology to find it", he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell first wrote the numbers for “Hadestown,” a folk musical based on Greek mythology, in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The longtime CIA operative had exfiltrated the families of spies from the most repressive of Middle Eastern regimes and tattooed the word “ARGONAUT,” an homage to seafaring heroes from Greek mythology, across his right forearm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Nevertheless, with one of those startling contradictions so common in mythology, she kept the Greek Fleet from sailing to Troy until they sacrificed a maiden to her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Set partly in Eatonville, one of the country’s first incorporated all-black towns, the novel is rich in regional idioms and mythologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It’s there in our rituals and mythologies, our cravings and holidays.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
Fisher: Both of these shows have very developed worlds and mythologies, but every effect has been designed to serve the story, it’s not the story having to serve the effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
Timothée Chalamet, for example, is hugely popular - but his most recent hits have been Dune and Wonka, which had their own existing fanbases and mythologies.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
And as she read, America’s mythologies began to take on meaning, America’s tribalisms—race, ideology, and region—became clear.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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