myths

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Barker combines the monkey’s paw and Pygmalion myths in this story about a young man who wishes that his dream girl would fall in love with him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Burbery argues that stories and myths can preserve observations about natural disasters and cosmic threats long before scientific explanations emerge.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Hellenists like myself have been delighted by this upsurge of Greek drama but also perplexed by the dominance of a single playwright and a single set of myths.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The event, attended by more than 300 people, aimed to dispel myths and online misinformation as well as connect women with experts in pregnancy, fertility, menopause, endometriosis and neurodiversity.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

I’d gotten used to some of the Greek myths being true, but still...

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan