Term Gallery logo

Significados de origin myth en inglés

ruso
миф о происхождении
portugués
mito fundador
español
mito fundacional
catalán
mite fundacional

Myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.

Términos relacionados
mito fundacional
español
cuento etiológico

Fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is.

cuento etiológico
Sinónimos
Examples for "myth of origins"
Examples for "myth of origins"
1
Washington DC is no exception, although being a modern capital, its founding myth is somewhat more modest and believable.
The Irish Times
2
As a founding myth.
Kalooki Nights
3
He'd not seen the battle himself, of course; he was too young, but the tale of Omar's eye had the power of a founding myth.
The forever war
4
The walls were decorated with old paintings-cowboysand Indians and landscapes of a frontier nation; Washington crossing the Delaware, that founding myth of American determination.
The increment: a novel
5
All states have their founding myths, and unionists frequently indulge in many myths of their own.
The Irish Times
1
[Footnote 9: This story of the rape of the Sabines belongs to the class of what are called "etiological " myths-i.
Roman History, Books I-III
1
All Greek tragedies that we know have as their nucleus something which the Greeks called an Aition- acauseor origin.
The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides
Uso de origin myth en inglés
1
Best, then, to give her art an origin myth.
The Guardian
2
The origin myth is perhaps the most interesting part of any superhero story; for some, the only interesting part.
The Guardian
3
Asked if there's a Korean legend either would like to see adapted onscreen for diaspora audiences, Cho nominated the origin myth of Korea.
News.com.au
4
I read a lot of elephant origin myths during my research process, and they were mesmerizing.
Reuters
5
Just like all of your origin myths.'
Blood and Bone
Translations for origin myth
portugués
mito fundador