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...''Giants, monsters, and dragons : an encyclopedia of folklore, legend, and myth.'' Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 0-87436-988-6. * National Wildlife and Conservation Digest: Covering the North American Continent.

...tended (and essentially Protestant) sense of a non-historical narrative or myth was first recorded in 1613. By emphasizing the ''un''realistic character of ...Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography'', 1907) distinguished legend from myth: "The ''legend'', on the other hand, has, of necessity, some historical or

==Reality or myth?== ...ips ... enter the lair of the bunyip if you dare] - interactive for kids / National Library of Australia

While some claim that the Saci myth originated in Europe in the 13th century, it probably derives from the ''Ya ...''. This original publication, the first of its genre to feature entirely "national" characters, was unfortunately short-lived, but paved the way for other mor

...eligion is called "myth" by [[Christianity|Christians]]. In that way, both myth and folklore have become catch-all terms for all figurative narratives whic **[[Mythology|Myth]]

In common usage, ''myth'' means a falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. T ...to 1781 (OED). The adjective ''mythical'' dates to 1678; English use of ''myth'' is later, in its meaning of "untrue story" first attested in 1830.

...Mount Cerycius (now Mount Tanagra). Maurice Bowra argues that Orion was a national hero of the Boeotians, much as Castor and Pollux were for the Dorians. He b ...ce Orion was recognized as a constellation, astronomy in turn affected the myth. The story of Side may well be a piece of astronomical mythology. The Greek

...her motives but have not been published. They are said to be in Hungary's national archives. ==Legends Surrounding the Myth==

...o Enlil (En = Lord, Lil = Wind), King of the Gods. A separate fragmentary myth describes how Enlil raped Ninlil, and as punishment he was sent to the unde In the transfer from Sumerian myth to Babylonian Akkadian, it is suggested that Ninlil became Lilitu (-*itu be

...Lady is the Headless Bride who haunts the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone National Park. She is said to have been murdered by her ambitious new husband. After ..., in a sad voice, recount to witnesses her misfortunes. The origins of the myth are not clear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileir

...Lady is the Headless Bride who haunts the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone National Park. She is said to have been murdered by her ambitious new husband. After ..., in a sad voice, recount to witnesses her misfortunes. The origins of the myth are not clear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileir

...where she was guarded by serpents. The serpents are, according to another myth, the sons of Kadru herself. As end-piece to this myth it must be told that, as the Nagas were about to consume the amrita Garuda

Joseph Campbell in the ''The Power of Myth'' viewed the dragon as a symbol of divinity or transcendence because it rep ...mer time. Some people think this comes from an older Mesopotamian creation myth in which Tiamat is depicted as a goddess salt-water sea monster, while othe

'''The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes''' ...his period that authors and playwrights first began to explore the vampire myth. Stoker's novel was merely the culminating work of a long series of works t

...t. It was previously thought to be Poseidon, and can be seen in the Athens National Archaeological Museum. *Ruck, Carl A.P., and Staples , ''The World of Classical Myth'' 1994.

*An [[Urban legend|urban myth]] of mummies being used as fuel for locomotives was popularized by Mark Twa ...pre-need" arrangements. Summum has been included in television programs by National Geographic and the British Broadcasting Corporation, and is also discussed

...''' were related to distant, non-Hellenic barbarians, or else relegated in myth to the 'primitive' chthonic world that preceded the coming of the Olympian William Arens, author of ''The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy'' (New York : Oxford University Press, 1979

...on an automatic camera mounted to a tree on a game trail in the Allegheny National Forest. They show what appears to be a dark, furry creature that was positi *Byrne, Peter, ''The Search for Bigfoot: Monster, Man or Myth'', Acropolis Books, 1975, ISBN 0874911591

...general with the conflict between the world of the past; full of folklore, myth, legend, religious piety and the emerging modern world of technology, logic ...lachia). However, Romanians have mixed feelings about linking one of their national heroes and the vampire monster.

King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. ...sent day all the way back to the beginning of time (with a unique creation myth).

...ting the dead from the living became blurred. (There is a rich and unusual myth system at work here; the spirit world, the residence of the "[[Sidhe]]," as .../content/default.asp?folder=press/release2005&file=costumes0905.htm&bhcp=1 National Retail Foundation statistics on Halloween]

...West Africa, from western Nigeria to eastern Ghana. In Benin, Vodun is the national religion, and followed by around 60% of the population, or some 4½ million ...panish, Vudu Congo y Magia Negra- An introduction to traditional Vodun and myth-debunking]

...st or devil". The matter was reported in The Times on 9 January, and other national papers on 10 January, and the day after that (January 11) the Lord Mayor sh * Clarke, David. ''Strange South Yorkshire: Myth, Magic and Memory in the Don Valley''. Sigma Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85058-404-

...lared the frame to be "positive evidence". Later, it was shown also to the National Institute of Oceanography, now known as the Southampton Oceanographic Centr ...concluded that the monster was a species of seal, which was reported in a national newspaper as "Loch Ness Riddle Solved - Official." This idea was advocated

...ntirely vegetable. This feature disagrees with a possible explanation as a myth. The preferred plant was shown to me, it is a kind of liana with large whit * A May 2006 episode called "Super Snake" of the National Geographic-series "Dangerous Encounters" included an expedition headed by D

...lt into a rock, and from the rock now spouts water. [Beck, R. 2000 Ritual, Myth, Doctrine, and Initiation in the Mysteries of Mithras: New Evidence from a *[[National mysticism]]

...P. Evans and Donald Rumbelow argue that the "canonical five" is a "Ripper myth" and that the probable number of victims could range from three (Nichols, C * [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=39 The UK National Archives - Jack the Ripper] holds images and transcripts of letters claimin