8 sentences with 'myth'

Example sentences and phrases with the word myth and other words derived from it.

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« The legend of the treasure hidden in the abandoned mansion seemed to be more than just a simple myth. »

myth: The legend of the treasure hidden in the abandoned mansion seemed to be more than just a simple myth.
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« The myth of creation has been a constant in all cultures of humanity, and it shows us the need for human beings to seek a transcendent meaning in their existence. »

myth: The myth of creation has been a constant in all cultures of humanity, and it shows us the need for human beings to seek a transcendent meaning in their existence.
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« The myth of Atlantis is still alive, even if neither the existence of the continent nor its exact location has been proven. »
« The myth of Napoleon was also significant - he became the great romantic hero, despite his own decidedly unromantic personality, thought of as a modern Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great (as he hoped). »
« In one fell swoop, the myth of French military supremacy, a legacy of the first Napoleon, was destroyed, and Europeans were confronted with the fact that a new military power had asserted its strength in its place. »
« The Romans created a myth to commemorate their victory, claiming that they had "ploughed the earth with salt" in Carthage so that nothing would ever grow there again, which was not literally true, but served as a useful legend as the Romans further expanded their territories. »
« In other words, virtually all pre-modern people already knew how the world worked: they knew it from myth, from the teachings of ancient authorities and from religion. In a sense, all the answers were already there, and therefore empirical observation was considered redundant. »
« The leading generals of the German General Staff, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, themselves authors of the "stab in the back" myth, did their best to popularise the idea that Germany "would have won" but for the sabotage perpetrated by a sinister conspiracy of foreign agents, Communists and (like virtually every obscure conspiracy theory of the 20th century) Jews. »

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