mythologies

plural of mythology
as in folklores
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place Ares is the god of war in Greek mythology

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Recent Examples of mythologies America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse. Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 Among the many ideas the film explores, front and center is the notion that communities like Ant’s create their own mythologies. Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026 The threads that formed country music The American West generated its own mythologies. Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders. Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Plus, the two cultures have overlapping ancient mythologies that could be incorporated into the story’s fantasy elements. Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026 But the filmmaker proves more interested in interrogating that ethos than recreating it, and few horror mythologies are better suited to exploring betrayal and regret than one built around the refusal to let the dead remain dead. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026 From the beginning, this project set out to interrogate the mythologies surrounding artificial intelligence and to make visible the human choices embedded within these systems. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026 The work interweaves South and Southeast Asian mythologies and histories with Western cultural touchstones—from canonical artists to sacred texts—often with a deliberate sense of unease. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
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Noun
  • The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
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  • Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross paths but may have shared some cultural traditions, making similar tools and collecting the same kind of shell.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • The world’s biggest sporting event placed a spotlight on one of America’s most uniquely complicated economic traditions—now is the time to simplify it for everyone who has a seat at the down at the table.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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  • Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
    David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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