The Spartan King Leonidas I: History and modern times by E.A. Tchiglintsev, N.A. Shadrina

“…Victor Hugo raises the conflict of the Greeks and the Persians to the mythological level describing it as a civilizations confrontation. …”
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Ecological wisdom in the legend of Otak Aiq Tojang: An ecocritical analysis by Hubbi Saufan Hilmi, Andayani Andayani, Nugraheni Eko Wardani

“…The connection between ecological policy and sustainability is underscored by the legend of Dewi Anjani, a purported mythological being, and Betere Indra Guru Sakti’s arrival and subsequent discovery of the spring. …”
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Masculinité et relations de genre dans la société secrète abakuá by Géraldine Morel

“…Machismo as a system of power is legitimised through mythological, ritual and social practices. The construction of masculinity in the abakuá secret society is based on a constant comparison with women and with homosexual men. …”
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Peddling Wonderment, Selling Privilege: Launching the Market for Medieval Books in Antebellum New York by Scott Gwara

“…Philes, by contrast, published a newsletter called Philobiblion, in which he debunked Sabin’s manuscript mythologies. His marketing was bibliographical. Manuscripts, Philes suggested, were not rare, nor the life-works of religious, nor objects of mystical veneration. …”
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ANTIQUE PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGY by О. F. Tereshkun

“…Proved that the development of technology and its inclusion in an ideological view of the world contributed to several factors: first, the ancient world view is no longer a purely mythological, woven natural-philosophical ideas about the universe; basis of ancient philosophy cosmocentrism with signs of logocentrism. …”
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Derzhavin's dramaturgy as an artistic system by A.I. Razzhivin

“…The identified historical, literary (Russian and foreign), folklore, mythological plot sources are the important obtained results. …”
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GENDER EQUALITY AS A MODERN PHENOMENON by S. V. Storozhuk, I. M. Hoyan

“…The latter, having destroyed rural communities with their inherent division of labour and lifestyle, which eventually weakened significantly the mythological social structures, has opened an opportunity not only to understand but also to commence the fight for the recognition of gender equality.…”
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PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF A PERSON’S SELF-REFLECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNAL DIALOGUE (BASED ON "THE DISPUTE OF A MAN WITH HIS BA") by V. V. Liakh, M. V. Lukashenko

“…The study is aimed at considering self-reflection through an analysis of the features of internal dialogue in ancient texts (XXII-XXI centuries BC) in order to identify signs of human’s mythological and philosophical thinking. Theoretical basis of the work is the contemplation of a person’s self-reflection in the context of his internal dialogue, through which his own human existence, his subjective and creative comprehension of the world manifest. …”
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'The last genius...' or people should know their heroes (Yuri Knorozov's new biography) [Review: Ershova G.G. The Last Genius of the 20th Century. Yuri Knorozov: The Researcher's F... by D.E. Martynov

“…Ershova is that she clarified two episodes of his life that have been strongly mythologized, even by Yu.V. Knorozov himself. Firstly, these are the circumstances, under which he decided to decipher the Mayan writing. …”
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Post-Socialist Ethnic Symbolism, Suppression of Yugoslav Social Memory, and Radical Populism Psychology by Faruk Hadžić

“…Historical anti-fascism actors have been stigmatized within attitudes toward fascist ideology symbolism and traditional Balkan sociopolitical mythologies. Frequent use of (often) antagonistic ethnic symbolism in textual, rhetorical and visual forms expresses it. …”
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Constructing a Multicultural Identity at the Canadian Frontier: Mordecai Richler and Jewish-Canadian Writing by Julie Spergel

“…Gilman, l’écriture juive au Canada fournit une illustration de ce multiculturalisme et offre un modèle de réconciliation du conflit entre mythologies nationale et culturelle.…”
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The Use of Orature in the Depiction of the Conflict Between the Luo and the Lang’o in the Play Lwanda Magere by Okoiti Omtatah. by Tayebwa, Shyness

“…It proved that Omtatah impacts society through orature because the play Lwanda Magere is profound, enriching the narrative with cultural authenticity, mythological depth, moral complexity, and audience engagement. …”
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Romanul Arhanghelii și „epoca de aur” a mineritului din Țara Moților by Alexandru Dumitriu

“…The novel homogenizes several approaches: mythological and ethnographic, parabolic (here, in its biblical meaning), and social and economic, all this forming a powerful realistic novel “about the life of the Romanians from Transylvania” – as, otherwise, is the subtitle of The Archangels in the first edition, since Transylvania was, in 1914, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. …”
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OVERCOMING THE ANTINOMIES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE: ONTOLOGY OF TRICKSTER by T. V. Danylova

“…The breaking of cyclical time of the myth and deploying it into linear time gave rise to characters-doubles: the only one mythological image disintegrated and turned into different actors. …”
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KULTŪRINIO IR SIMBOLINIO KAPITALO GAMYBA: "DISNEY" FENOMENAS by Gintautas Mažeikis

“…If  even  any  corporation  is  ideological  one, however stories and characters produced by Disney corporation (for example, ones about Winnie-the-Pooh, Aladdin, Alice, Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio, Poca- hontas, Hercules) are mythological and philosophical parables which overpass ideological borders and open the door to the live and huge world. …”
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OVERCOMING THE ANTINOMIES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE: ONTOLOGY OF TRICKSTER by T. V. Danylova

“…The breaking of cyclical time of the myth and deploying it into linear time gave rise to characters-doubles: the only one mythological image disintegrated and turned into different actors. …”
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KULTŪRINIO IR SIMBOLINIO KAPITALO GAMYBA: "DISNEY" FENOMENAS by Gintautas Mažeikis

“…If  even  any  corporation  is  ideological  one, however stories and characters produced by Disney corporation (for example, ones about Winnie-the-Pooh, Aladdin, Alice, Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio, Poca- hontas, Hercules) are mythological and philosophical parables which overpass ideological borders and open the door to the live and huge world. …”
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The Battle of Žalgiris / Grunwald: Unanswered Questions by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…Today it is recognized that critical studies of the battle of Grunwald started in the seventh decade of the 20th century only, because until that time images coming from national mythologies prevailed in the studies of the battle of Grunwald, which dictated conditions to the historians of the "scissors and glue" method who cut patterns from the Chronicle of Jan Długosz. …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…BC, as well as later Irish and Welsh mythological sources. The aim is not, of course, to draw direct comparisons, but rather to highlight the strength of a potential symbolic system based on textile materials. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún by Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀

“…  Kò séní m’èdè Àyàn   Bí ení mú kò ̣ ̣ǹgó ̣ è ̣ lówọ́  No one understands the language of Àyàn Better than the drummer who holds the gong in his hand Yorùbá maxim From the Yorùbá oral historical, mythological, and ontological, abstract lines of reasoning, Àyàn is believed to be the first Yorùbá drum maker and drummer, who, after his death, was deified as the god of Drumming (Òrìsà ̣ Àyàn, or simply Àyàn). …”
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