A Guiding Line? Rethinking the Road in American Post-Apocalyptic Narratives by Cécile DO HUU

“…From western films to road movies, the road has become a specific space-time woven from the mythologies of the Frontier, wilderness, progress, as well as an imaginary of freedom and new beginnings. …”
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Reims/Durocortorum, cité des Rèmes : les principales étapes de la formation urbaine by Robert Neiss, François Berthelot, Jean-Marc Doyen, Philippe Rollet

“…For a long time, Reims’ history only began with Caesar and the Gallic Wars. Despite an ancient mythology claiming an origin as ancient as Rome’s, previous archaeological pieces of evidence weren’t reliable and were mainly ignored. …”
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Clash of Past and Present: Production of Historical and Representational Spaces in Oscar Wilde’s Poetry by Emre Çakar

“…Wilde used characters and places of ancient Greek mythology in his poems and developed a poetic sensitivity that focused on the real places and characters of the city. …”
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA? by Amos Francis Dike

“…The study discovers that while the early missionaries left their converts battling with African traditional mythology. However, some contemporary Christians/pastors have an approach that can best be described as Christopaganism on order to bridge the gap created by western missionary exploit.Hence, while recognizing the existence of generational curses and magic, some Christian bodiesviews Christopaganismboth as a means of contextualizing Christianity and at the same time finding relevance. …”
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De l’ojibwa au dakota : pour une analyse transformationnelle des langues amérindiennes by Emmanuel Désveaux, Michel de Fornel

“…The aim of this paper is to propose a radical new typological approach to the diversity of Native languages, which is directly inspired by Lévi-Strauss’ Mythologiques and his concept of transformation. As with mythology, the semantical dimension of phenomena prevails. …”
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Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. : le Moyen Âge aux origines by Delphine Louis-Dimitrov

“…It is the starting point of the American short story tradition and the bedrock of a national mythology; it also marks the first recognition of an American literary identity on the international scene. …”
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„... das Unendliche im Endlichen gebären ...“ by Susanne Gödde

“…The following contribution investigates the specific means of signification that Creuzer articulates for the categories ‘symbol’ and ‘myth’ in his Symbolik und Mythologie der alten Völker (Symbolism and Mythology of the Ancient Peoples). Three processes of signification can be distinguished: 1. the meaning of a myth or mythical figure is constituted by  postulating inter-religious relations, often with recourse to etymological or similar linguistic relations; and a previous truth or dogmatic system is inferred to lie ‘behind’ the narrative and its linguistic interrelations. …”
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METAPHORICAL TERMINOLOGY IN ANCIENT TEXTS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE: PROBLEMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSLATION by Qiuhua Sun, Irina S. Karabulatova, Jinna Zou, Chen Kuo

“…The use of methodological holism made it possible to develop a new approach to the texts of traditional Chinese medicine from the standpoint of communication studies and neuropsycholinguistics. The mythologized interpretation of the concepts in the ancient treatises of TCM is associated with the signification of any health problem in the form of an expanded metaphor characterizing the problem as a violation of ‘communication’ in the body-‘state’ between ‘vassals’, ‘individual social groups’ and their ‘leaders’. …”
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Une éducation sentimentale ou le roman d’amour de Salammbô by Geneviève Mondon

“…By intentionally putting aside the main issues of the novel, the historic war of Carthage, the mythic battle between Tanit and Moloch, great History and mythology, battles and massacres, the focus is on the sentimental adventure, which, as the author well knows, is a must in a historic novel.  …”
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A Fuzzy Logic Technique for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Marine Renewable Energy Power Plants by Pamela Flores, Edgar Mendoza

“…Based on these foundations, we developed both traditional and fuzzy mythologies for EIA. The fuzzy logic methodology approach allows for the incorporation of uncertainties into the assessment process, converting qualitative assessments into quantifiable data and linguistic levels and enhancing decision-making accuracy. …”
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Investigation of the functions of the name of Rustam in Shahnameh, based on semiotic systems by Tahereh Khajehgiri, Reza Shajari, Siroos Shamisa, S.Mohammad Rastgofar

“…This research, by selecting two approaches, mythology and semiotics, tries to re-read Rostam's character in Shahnameh and to achieve this, examines the existence of this hero in the form of a sign structure. …”
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Skinner Sweet, American Vampire by James J. Donahue

“…Similarly, as the first vampire born in America (in a space generally acknowledged as the birthplace of the American mythology), the ruthless killer Skinner also embodies the savagery associated with the Native Americans; and, like members of other indigenous tribes, Skinner is hunted by white lawmen for his crimes against civilization. …”
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MIRACLES AND THE PERFECTION OF BEING: THE THEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS by Alexis V. Halapsis

“…The space of history acquires the Non-Euclidean properties that determine the specific cultural attitudes as well as part and parcel mythology of the corresponding communities. Originality consists in the approach to the miracle as a psychological need in a religious authority, expressed through the religious and non-religious (scientific) worldviews, which are interconnected by invariant thinking patterns deeply inside. …”
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Politics Under Electronic Simultaneity by V. P. Terin

“…The article also deals with the information overload and pattern recognition problem understood in managerial terms as well as mythologization and demythologization processes as they are necessitated by the electronic media coverage worldwide.…”
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Martha Graham, ‘An American, A kosmos’: Border-crossing in Martha Graham’s early works by Adeline CHEVRIER-BOSSEAU

“…Graham pioneered a new way for women to dance, to express their femininity and their power: her works, inspired by Native American traditions, Mexican folklore, Greek mythology and literature from both sides of the Atlantic, depict strong women who are not afraid of pushing boundaries.Creating an American choreographic tradition also meant exploring its literary legacy for Martha Graham: this paper therefore also delves into the way the Whitmanian intertext emerges in Graham’s choreographic writing, in her conception of Americanness, modernity, the body and gender.…”
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Travelling to the described present: mago-space in the Strugatskys’ Monday starts on Saturday by Natalia Tuliakova, Natalia Nikitina

“…In the first part, it is the mental space of folklore and classical literature, in the second – that of mythology and science fiction, and in the final – philosophy and science. …”
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Cyrus the Great: The Persian king in the context of world history by E.A. Tchiglintsev, E.V. Rung

“…Thus, Cyrus the Great, legendary in antiquity and ultimately mythologized in new and modern times, became one of the few ancient rulers who continue to actively “participate” in the modern intellectual, cultural and political space, experiencing metamorphosis and undergoing transformation.…”
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Means of expressing comparative relations in vernacular riddles (based on Russian, English, and Tatar riddles) by N.I. Fayzullina

“…The standard of comparison was present in most cases, which is directly related to the national mythologies. For the Russian riddles, comparison with a bird (raven, falcon, and swan) is typical, but the basis for comparison may be different. …”
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Archetypal Critique of Iran Darroudi’s Paintings (Case Study: Adorned, Clear as Love, Prayer) by hossein ardalani, marina kheirollahzadeh varzi

“…They are rooted in the collective unconscious, the deeper part of the psyche, and are reflected in the individual’s consciousness and unconsciousness through fantasies, legends, dreams, delusions, and artworks in the form of symbols and myths, according to the perspective of analytical psychology.In fact, these symbols and mythologies are containers that convey archetypes, and by interpreting them, one can gain a deeper layer of the human psyche. …”
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Landschaftsgedächtnis und Geschlechterdiskurse in ausgewählten Werken von Elsa Bernstein und Maria Waser by Monika Mańczyk-Krygiel

“…Symbolic drama by Elsa Bernstein (pseudonym Ernst Rosmer, 1866–1949) Mutter Maria Totengedicht in fünf Wandlungen (1900) deals with the subject of the supplanting of old folk beliefs by the Christian religion, as well as the violent clash of the male and female worlds, symbolized here by the figures of alpine mythology as literary topoi (hunter and mountain goddess). …”
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