A national myth is an inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation's past. Such myths often serve as important national symbols and affirm a set of...

later form. Origin myths explain how a society's customs, institutions, and taboos were established and sanctified. National myths are narratives about...

origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. Creation myths are a type of origin myth narrating...

Aeneid is a national myth written to explain and glorify the origins of the Roman Empire. In theology, many religions have creation myths explaining the...

A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution...

The Masada myth is the early Zionist retelling of the Siege of Masada, and an Israeli national myth. The Masada myth is a selectively constructed narrative...

the Kosovo Legend (Косовска легенда / Kosovska legenda), is a Serbian national myth based on legends about events related to the Battle of Kosovo (1389)...

A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While...

or social world Creation myth, symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it National myth, inspiring narrative or...

political myth is an ideological narrative that is believed by social groups. In 1975, Henry Tudor defined it in the book Political Myth. He said that myths are...

Branding national myths and symbols (BNMS) is a field of research focusing on branding and marketing of a nation's myths and symbols. The research blends...

The model minority myth is a sociological phenomenon that refers to the stereotype of, as well as data on, certain minority groups, particularly Asian...

Sisyphus: The Myth (Korean: 시지프스: the myth) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Cho Seung-woo and Park Shin-hye. Labeled as "JTBC's 10th...

The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval king of...

argues that national identity has the feature of continuity that can be transmitted and persisted through generations. By expressing the myths of having...

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series...

Jewish mythology is the body of myths associated with Judaism. Elements of Jewish mythology have had a profound influence on Christian mythology and on...

the Culper Ring used to mean "lady." Her story is considered part of national myth, as there is very little evidence that 355 even existed, although many...

mythology (Vietnamese: Thần thoại Việt Nam 神話越南) comprises folklore, national myths, legends, or fairy tales from the Vietnamese people with aspects of...

the Albanian National Awakening, Skanderbeg became a symbol for the Albanians and he was turned into a national Albanian hero and myth. After the death...

sources List of mythological objects List of culture heroes List of world folk-epics Lists of deities Lists of legendary creatures National myth Mythopoeia...

deeply influenced later Frisian historiography. It was later recast as a national myth by Frisian nationalism, which depicted freedom as an inherent trait...

 44. ISBN 0-671-42475-0. OCLC 7459647. Pierre Boisard, Camembert: A National Myth, 2003 ( ISBN 0-520-22550-3 ) claims that Camembert was one of the first...

The frontier myth or myth of the West is one of the influential myths in American culture. The frontier is the concept of a place that exists at the edge...

debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland...

The Kresy myth (Polish: mit Kresów) ('myth' in Polish sometimes not referring to a necessarily false belief as in English) is the name to a certain sense...

A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with a nation. The term is applied quite...

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national anthems, national days, national stadiums, national airlines, national languages, and national myths. At a deeper level, national identity may be...

The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of three Mesopotamian Flood Myths alongside the one including in the Eridu...