myths

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He’s also the author of a number of books on Ibero-American history, the best known of which is “Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Holly Berkley Fletcher, the author of the upcoming book "The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism," explained this in her Monday newsletter.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Other stamps in the Myths and Legends collection depict Blodeuwedd of Welsh mythology, Irish heroic figure Fionn mac Cumhaill, the spectral hound of East Anglia, Black Shuck, selkies and a grindylow.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

He read “Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions,” which debunks biblical stories.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

Myths are early science, the result of men’s first trying to explain what they saw around them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton