mythology

“The fateful agency of women,” she writes, “and their power over life and death” is pervasive throughout the culture’s mythology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In Greek mythology, the volcano was associated with the burial of the giants Typhon and Enceladus after they were defeated by the Olympian gods.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Through the hotel window, the home of nearly 4 million residents appeared to organize itself around mythology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Costco food court, of course, has developed a mythology all its own.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

From that day on, Uncle Arthur sent Oliver books on a monthly basis—books about superheroes and Greek mythology and pirates and space exploration and presidents.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

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

The Ceiba occupies a central position in various Mesoamerican mythologies, while the imposing tree’s thorns turn up as ritual decoration on ancient Maya incense burners and burial urns.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024

It features more than one hundred objects that, as the exhibition description puts it, “mine the iconographies and mythologies embedded in everyday consumer culture.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 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