Naxi Cosmology of Mt Yulong Sacred Sites with Caveats for Conservation by Jan Salick, Robbie Hart, Li Siyu

“…Challenges for conservation would be to integrate this cosmological view as well as origin myths, Naxi traditions of suicide, and Sanduo, the god of Mt Yulong, who “shines like lightning [and his] mouth spits fire” – not a deity to be engaged without care. …”
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Límite Pirineos. Una mirada global a la participación de anarquistas españoles en la Resistencia francesa by Diego Gaspar Celaya

“…But without giving up a critical look at the historical-cultural approaches and positive myths that have contaminated its history for years.…”
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Measuring Attitudes toward Open Adoption: Spanish Validation of the Open Adoption Scale by Ana Berástegui, Jesús Oliver, Susana Corral, Carles Perez-Testor, Irene Calvo, Judith Lorente-De-Sanz, Mireia Sanz, Scott D. Ryan

“…Finally, the strong relationships observed between the scale and four myths about the absence of benefits of open adoption supported convergent validity. …”
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Official and Public Dialogue in Lithuania-Russia Relationships: in Search of Communicative Solutions by N. A. Ivanova

“…Consequently, it works on even more amplification of the public break between the two societies, strengthening discredit, spreading stereotypes and myths about each other. That has been leading to estrangement between the societies of the both countries and also to increase of word outlook, emotional and mental break. …”
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A Review and Critique of the Collection of Iranian Poetry by Vlimir Khelebnikov, Russian Futurist by Zeinab Sadeghi Sahlabad, Mahboubeh Mobasheri

“…An examination of Khelebnikov’s poetry reveals his love for Hakim Ganjeh and reflects on his military poems as well as Shahnameh’s myths.…”
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The relation between knowledge and concern: A global study of children and COVID-19 by Dina L. G. Borzekowski, Christopher R. Lane, Ankit Chandnani, Maya Götz

“…We assessed children's COVID-19 knowledge by asking about prevention and symptoms, as well as myths about the virus. We also assessed children's concerns by asking about worries about self and others getting sick, missing school, and interruption of activities. …”
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Traditional Songs of Ìlọrin: Enacting Identities, History, and Cultural Memories by Hakeem Olawale

“…The paper argues that given such a diverse ethnic and cultural origins, performance of Ìlọrin traditional songs become a reminder of family histories, origins, political structure, hegemonic influences, myths, legends, Islamization of Ìlọrin, and a way of ensuring harmony and bridging generational gaps among the various groups in a state that is known as the “State of Harmony”. …”
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Exploring the path to pathos “Lived experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis by Rajeev Ranjan, Meha Jain, Pankaj Kumar, Gabby Sethi, Jai Singh

“…Results: The current study identified six themes: major symptom recognition; myths, beliefs, and stigma related to children with ASD; help seeking behavior; coping with challenging experiences; support system; uncertainties, insecurities, and gleam of hope. …”
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“Spiders and Webs in American Literature” by Vincent Dussol

“…It is very likely that the attention paid to spiders by American authors was increased by those Native American myths in which spiders are a central figure. More than occasionally, on the female side of the American counter-culture, especially among its feminist and lesbian exponents, simple activists and creative writers have harnessed the symbolic power invested in the spider by Native Americans.There may be deeper reasons accounting for American authors’ fascination with spiders. …”
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Les eaux comme frontières dans les Enfers gréco-romains, d’après L’Odyssée d’Homère, la Théogonie d’Hésiode, La République de Platon et L’Énéide de Virgile by Emilia Ndiaye

“…The Pyriphelegeton, ‘river of fire’, encloses Tartarus, reinforcing the separation between the criminals locked up there and the others; the river Ameles in the plain of Lethe symbolizes a border between past and future, providing souls with the oblivion of their past life before their reincarnation, according to the Platonic myths of the Phaedo and the Republic. We will consider the different forms of border the infernal waters illustrate in these Ancient literary texts: symbolic borders whose fluidity conceals a fundamental ambiguity–water as an element symbolizes both life and death–, by creating separations but also allowing transitions and circulation, especially between real and imaginary worlds.…”
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Johann Böhm (1895–1952). Předpoklady, zvraty a úskalí kariéry českoněmeckého chemika v proměnách politických režimů by Jiří Pešek

“…Based on a critical archive research, this study aims at identifying the post-war intentional misinformation and later myths about Böhm’s activities. In conclusion, he is presented as a subjectively non-political technocrat and manager who managed to function with fast-changing regimes without feeling any need for a deeper reflection.…”
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Potential Mechanisms of Exercise in Gestational Diabetes by Saeid Golbidi, Ismail Laher

“…A well-planned program of exercise is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and, in spite of old myths, is also recommended during pregnancy. This paper briefly reviews the role of adipokines in gestational diabetes and attempts to shed some light on the mechanisms by which exercise can be beneficial as an adjuvant therapy in GDM. …”
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The SSIM index is not a metric and it is badly evaluate the similarity of images by V. V. Starovoitov

“…This article debunks some of the myths that have arisen around this index. A theorem is proved which states that the SSIM index and any of its linear transformations are not metric functions. …”
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Women in Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Poetry by Abidemi Bolarinwa

“…Gender ideology contains legends, narratives and myths about what it means to be a man or a woman and suggests how each should behave in a society (Olabode, 2009). …”
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An Analysis of Traditional Cosmogony in African Languages Through Thomas Mofolo's Chaka and Andrew Ekwuru's Song of Steel by Richmond Jean-Baptiste Gnoleba MADOU

“…Il vise à analyser et à promouvoir l'utilisation des croyances et des mythes locaux afin de mieux comprendre la cosmogonie africaine. …”
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‘A Gorgon shadowed under Venus’ face’: Deceptive Beauty in Elizabethan Love Poems by Gaëlle Ginestet

“…Ce vers de Percy résume bien la superposition dans la poésie amoureuse des deux mythes de Vénus et de Méduse, c’est-à-dire de la beauté voluptueuse sous laquelle se cache la cruauté meurtrière – également illustrée par d’autres figures mythologiques au charme captieux : les Sirènes, Circé, ou Pandore.…”
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Leo Perutz (1882-1957): Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke. Ein Roman aus dem alten Prag (1953) by Annie Zdenek

“…Ein Roman aus dem alten Prag (1953) dans le ghetto juif des kabbalistes et alchimistes de l’ancienne capitale culturelle des Habsbourg au XVIe siècle, Leo Perutz (1882-1957) s’inscrit dans la tradition de la littérature fantastique du début du siècle dernier où les sciences occultes occupent une place de choix, en relation avec les sphères du pouvoir et de la religion, mais aussi d’autres sciences et savoirs nouveaux. Démontant le mythe de la « Ville d’or », haut-lieu intellectuel dans l’Europe de la Renaissance sous Rodolphe II (1552-1612), l’auteur porte un jugement sur son époque, l’après-guerre, marquée par le chaos et la destruction de la culture européenne par les nazis ; écrivain oublié et déraciné, juif errant entre l’Autriche et Israel, Perutz ironise en même temps sur sa propre mythification d’une époque révolue.…”
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Mistakes in the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis by Monika Marko, Rafał Pawliczak

“…Despite the constant expansion and systematization of knowledge, AD is a disease about which many myths circulate. The divergent information concerns primarily the causes and course of AD, as well as diagnosis and therapy. …”
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Child Survival Strategies: Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Rural Women of Reproductive Age in Cross River State, Nigeria by Aniekan Jumbo Etokidem, Ofonime Johnson

“…Although respondents demonstrated adequate knowledge and practice of most of the strategies, there was evidence of gaps, including myths and misconceptions that could mar efforts towards reducing child morbidity and mortality in the state.…”
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Literatura parenetică. Modelele bizantin, occidental și național by Eugen Simion

“…The conceptual term of Middle Ages (id est an age of darkness, mysticism, scholastics, spiritual asceticism) is revised; it is shown, according to historian Le Goff, that the respective age was one of cathedrals, therefore of real creation in which, besides the representative types (the saint and the knight), a third emblematic character came into being: the solitary thinker, the meditative spirit who, looking for a model of existence, brings back the ideas, virtues and myths of Antiquity and, at the same time, thinks of himself in relation with the Divinity. …”
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