dictionary. An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. One specific kind of origin myth is the... 19 KB (2,664 words) - 09:58, 20 April 2024 |
foundational tales or origin myths. For folklorists, historians, philosophers or theologians this is very different from the use of "myth" simply indicating... 77 KB (8,663 words) - 05:53, 16 April 2024 |
Etiology (redirect from Aitiological myth) etiologies. Thus, an etiological myth, or origin myth, is a myth that has arisen, been told over time or written to explain the origins of various social or natural... 6 KB (742 words) - 04:53, 24 May 2023 |
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... 43 KB (4,789 words) - 21:25, 3 March 2024 |
theological contexts Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it Origin myth, a story or explanation that... 9 KB (1,184 words) - 16:47, 21 January 2024 |
Black Irish (folklore) (section Spanish origin myth) of Trinity College Dublin rejecting the Spanish origin myth. Some researchers have suggested the myth of the Black Irish as the descendants of Spanish... 18 KB (2,100 words) - 16:22, 26 March 2024 |
it is a type of origin myth, a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world. No one type of these myths is universal, but... 12 KB (1,345 words) - 14:12, 15 February 2024 |
Shakya (section Origin myth) janapada itself. The myth of the Shakyas' ancestors being four pairs of married twin siblings was a myth which traced the origins of the ruling Shakya... 31 KB (3,394 words) - 17:11, 13 April 2024 |
Eridu Genesis (redirect from Sumerian flood myth) the circumstances leading to the origins of the first cities, and the global flood. Other Sumerian creation myths include the Barton Cylinder, the Debate... 10 KB (1,254 words) - 15:51, 26 April 2024 |
The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth (Spanish: El hombre del saco) is a 2023 Spanish-Uruguayan teen fantasy horror film directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández [de]... 6 KB (484 words) - 11:48, 28 December 2023 |
Great with an attested origin-myth in Macedon, of which Alexander is most likely to have been aware. Based on this origin myth, the new dynasty was not... 9 KB (1,109 words) - 06:52, 26 February 2024 |
Ethnicity (redirect from Ethnic origin) membership tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language, dialect, religion, mythology, folklore... 86 KB (9,988 words) - 01:34, 22 April 2024 |
Solomonic dynasty (section Foundation and origin myth) improbable and unsupported by evidence. It is a myth. Although the story originated as a medieval political myth, it nevertheless became embedded in the Ethiopian... 20 KB (2,256 words) - 17:16, 14 April 2024 |
Panhu (section Basic myth) literature. (Yang 2005:4) The Panhu myth is an important origin myth for various ethnic groups. The basic Panhu myth is about a dragon-dog who transformed... 4 KB (507 words) - 11:12, 3 May 2023 |
Romulus and Remus (category Origin myths) origins of the different elements in Rome's foundation myth are a subject of ongoing debate. They may have come from the Romans' own Italic origins,... 31 KB (3,658 words) - 18:53, 26 April 2024 |
Tower of Babel (category Origin myths) The Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. According... 63 KB (8,116 words) - 01:02, 21 April 2024 |
Strix (mythology) (section Greek origin myth) positioned its feet upwards and head below, according to a pre-300 BC Greek origin myth. It is probably meant to be (and translated as) an owl, but is highly... 18 KB (2,062 words) - 12:26, 21 February 2024 |
authors proceed to investigate these various issues of the origin story. Continuity Origin myth Prequel Reboot Retcon Hatfield, Charles; et al. (2013). The... 6 KB (798 words) - 14:39, 21 February 2024 |
Pa'O people (section Origin Myth) being lit as they are carried, as a show of respect to Buddha. The Pa'O origin myth states that they are descended from a shaman (weizza), and a female dragon... 10 KB (1,243 words) - 15:47, 24 October 2023 |
Melanesian mythology (section Origin myths) widespread sea. One myth states that a great serpent commanded a reef to rise to form the first area of dry land. Another origin myth entails a man and... 35 KB (5,035 words) - 12:59, 20 April 2024 |
Tara (Buddhism) (section Origin myth) which Tārā arose. The Indian master Sūryagupta explains this myth as follows: What was Her origin? - Arya-Lokesvara, the Lord and Refuge of the Three Realms... 66 KB (8,149 words) - 14:12, 14 March 2024 |
influence of the Italiote Greeks, the Romans acquired their own national origin myth sometime during the early Republican era (500–300 BC). It was centred... 62 KB (7,863 words) - 06:56, 3 April 2024 |
myth" or "origin myth" is more accurate than "creation myth", since very few stories involve a creator deity or divine will. Chinese creation myths fundamentally... 29 KB (3,881 words) - 14:47, 25 March 2024 |
Subsets include: Myth may also refer to: Urban myth, a story circulated as true, often attributed to "a friend of a friend". Origin myth, which purports... 2 KB (277 words) - 09:12, 13 October 2023 |
recurring theme. Myths regarding the origins of language and languages are generally subsumed or footnoted into larger creation myths, although there are... 13 KB (1,736 words) - 19:42, 27 February 2024 |
Philippine mythology (redirect from Filipino myths and legends) "VISAYAN Origin Myth: Creation of the Sun and Moon". The Aswang Project. July 30, 2016. Clark, Jordan (September 23, 2017). "Kapampangan Origin of Day &... 96 KB (10,926 words) - 21:11, 8 March 2024 |
The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians. This myth held an important position in... 152 KB (20,375 words) - 22:57, 18 March 2024 |
Nu (mythology) (section Origin myth) ocean, and the ocean itself was referred to as Nu. In some versions of this myth, at the beginning of time Mehet-Weret, portrayed as a cow with a sun disk... 9 KB (989 words) - 08:00, 20 February 2024 |
Seri Gumum Dragon (section Origin myth of Chini Lake) the creature in the oral literature. The notable one is related to the origin myth of the lake itself, while another legend narrates about a love story... 7 KB (985 words) - 15:27, 1 March 2024 |