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...

foundational tales or origin myths. For folklorists, historians, philosophers or theologians this is very different from the use of "myth" simply indicating...

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...

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...

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...

of Trinity College Dublin rejecting the Spanish origin myth. Some researchers have suggested the myth of the Black Irish as the descendants of Spanish...

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...

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...

the circumstances leading to the origins of the first cities, and the global flood. Other Sumerian creation myths include the Barton Cylinder, the Debate...

membership tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language, dialect, religion, mythology, folklore...

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]...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

structures – can be spoken of. By the late Republic, the usual Roman origin myth held that their city was founded by a Latin named Romulus on the day...

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...

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...

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...

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...

authors proceed to investigate these various issues of the origin story. Continuity Origin myth Prequel Reboot Retcon Hatfield, Charles; et al. (2013). The...

Enlil's courtship with Ninlil is primarily a genealogical myth invented to explain the origins of the moon-god Nanna, as well as the various gods of the...

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 national...

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...

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...

recurring theme. Myths regarding the origins of language and languages are generally subsumed or footnoted into larger creation myths, although there are...

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...

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...

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...

organization was a significant change for the Khitans, the Khitan language, origin myth, shamanic religion and nomadic lifestyle endured. China was in chaos...