myth
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The Miller-Moreno saga is a textbook example of how this promise of patriarchal protection is a myth.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
McNish says virginity is a man-made myth created by those in power, in times that "also spoke positively of slavery and stoning".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Huang referenced an ancient Chinese myth where three ordinary people combine their wits to equal one genius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
More: The August stock-market slump is a myth — so why does Wall Street keep repeating it?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The myth of the Mona Lisa is far larger than the Mona Lisa itself.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Or did they fall prey to the old myths of its transcendency?
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
There is a timelessness to Mitchell’s work, thanks in large part to the ancient source material, the myths of Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades and Persephone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Certainly from the Classical Period — that is, roughly the time of Pericles and Socrates — Greeks understood the Homeric poems as their founding myths.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
"This is partly down to the heatwave and partly down to breaking down old school wine myths."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Under the right circumstances myths can change rapidly.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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