national myth

Will be interesting to see what happens to our national myth - as it certainly is - once they are gone.

Now women will care more for their children and their home than national myths.

They are also drawn by national myths that have unusual power in Ethiopia.

It was an understandable choice in an age of burgeoning national myths.

The existence of such schools is today believed by most Greek scholars to be a national myth.

A national myth may sometimes take the form of a national epic.

The Civil War is a national myth, certainly, from which black culture has been denied a role.

A national myth is an inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation's past.

And our national myth is finished, except in a kind of belligerent way."

His prototypical study was on the Canadian government's creation of national myths in the 1980s and 1990s.

It "was not so much the national sport as the binding national myth."

In some cases, the meaning of the national myth may become disputed among different parts of the population.

National myths die, I don't think they return.

National myths serve many social and political purposes.

National myths, for instance, are often relayed in rhymes.

Even so, many are uninterested in puncturing inaccurate but cherished national myths.

He's declared war on a foundational national myth.

However, national myths exist in every society.

According to the theory, each national myth and symbol has its own hidden meanings that may reinforce these misunderstanding between nations.

What we've got here is an enduring national myth at work, deploying its beguiling message almost everywhere, it seems.

Depending on where these memorials are built and by whom, they remember the past according to a variety of national myths, ideals and political needs.

This is history as national myth.

One comes away from his work convinced that only a comic sensibility can grasp the character of our country and our national myths.

Over the centuries, this core saga was enriched by other legends, eventually growing into a national myth of Denmark.

This national myth concept becomes even more complicated for nations whose populations are largely comprised of or descended from relatively recent immigrants.