Washington DC is no exception, although being a modern capital, its foundingmyth is somewhat more modest and believable.
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As a foundingmyth.
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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 foundingmyth.
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The walls were decorated with old paintings-cowboysand Indians and landscapes of a frontier nation; Washington crossing the Delaware, that foundingmyth of American determination.
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All states have their foundingmyths, and unionists frequently indulge in many myths of their own.
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[Footnote 9: This story of the rape of the Sabines belongs to the class of what are called "etiological " myths-i.
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All Greek tragedies that we know have as their nucleus something which the Greeks called an Aition- acauseor origin.
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Best, then, to give her art an originmyth.
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The originmyth is perhaps the most interesting part of any superhero story; for some, the only interesting part.
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Asked if there's a Korean legend either would like to see adapted onscreen for diaspora audiences, Cho nominated the originmyth of Korea.
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I read a lot of elephant originmyths during my research process, and they were mesmerizing.