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	Historical myths - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Historical myths may be myths that rely on the rhetorical devices of history, or history that functions as myth.
		The relationship between history and myth is complicated because they rely on different criteria: history purports to be an accurate account of events, while myth purports to provide moral education.
		Many myths take the form of historical accounts, and many historical accounts are propagated because of their mythic function.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Historical_myths (76 words)

	02.l.273 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Myth is thus a mirror (and the progenitor of story, narrative, history, and historical science) of the causal environmental sequences which humans and societies exploit for survival and the improvement of human life.
		Myth and history: myth is an antecedent to the form of literature that we now call history.
		In Hinduism or in the scientific myth of the big-bang, the cosmos goes through periods of expansion and contraction (cf., the "big crunch" to match the big bang).
	www.ucalgary.ca /~eslinger/crss/273/273_lec/02.BibleIsMyth.html (1462 words)

	Historical Myths Debunked
		MYTH: Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E. the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3300 years.
		MYTH: The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
		MYTH: Arab refugees were intentionally not absorbed or integrated into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory.
	www.adcnj.us /historical_myths_debunked.htm (4750 words)

	common myths about historical events - 4Forums.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Myth 2: I will simply say here that the "unarmed merchant vessel" was the first attempt to reinforce Fort Sumter, and can be considered the start of that war, but is not because the Union did not follow through with its actions.
		Myth 4: american thought was more theocentric than humanistic, but it is quite obvious that part of the Declaration of Independence was influenced by the writings of John Locke.
		Myth 3, to clarify it a bit further, it was only areas still in rebellion (so slave areas that had been won back and held by union forces weren't counted).
	www.4forums.com /political/showthread.php?t=129 (2474 words)

	The Greek Myths: Preface
		Some of the Greek myths explore profound matters and have through the ages challenged people with examples of serious thought, these are the true and spiritual myths, which abundantly deserve religious and philosophical study, and constitute to a major section of Greek thought.
		Many of the myths, when viewed as mythology will seem confusing, self-contradictory and somewhat pointless as myths, but this is because are historical records of social and historical events which lose their meaning when read as quasi-religious mythology.
		Second-hand historical criticism, especially when done with a zealot's vengeance, is not a good source for exact information, but this is exactly the case of the many Christian apologists who rehandled Euhemeros' name in the interests of proving old errors and establishing the true faith.
	community.middlebury.edu /~harris/GreekMyth/Preface.html (3663 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 44, No.1 - April 1987 - BOOK REVIEW - The Political Mythology of Apartheid
		The heart of this book is a well-documented, absorbing account of the historical, scientific, and religious myths that underlie racial apartheid as practiced and believed by the Afrikaner population of South Africa, and of the breakdown of these myths under social pressure today.
		Carefully, he dismantles the claims of the historical myths, most notably that of the Voortrekkers' covenant in 1838 before the Battle of Blood River against the Zulu nation.
		On the other hand, the reason for choosing a subject, and the context, historical and contemporary, of meaning within which the fruits of investigation are placed, are choices the historian makes on other grounds, from within a context of values or allegiances to which he or she adheres.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1987/v44-1-bookreview10.htm (768 words)

	Historical Objectivism and the Promotion of Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Historical Objectivism has been most frequently and effectively applied to correcting the historical record relative to wars, because truth is always the first war casualty, the emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime, and both the need and the material for correcting historical myths are most evident in connection with wars.
		This was because many wished to use the historical studies of the causes of the War as the basis for a revision of the Treaty of Versailles, which had been based on a complete acceptance of the theory of sole German-Austrian responsibility for the outbreak of the European War in early August, 1914.
		Historical Objectivist scholars proved that the British and French had for some time been considering the invasion of Belgium in the event of a European war, and that English officers had travelled over Belgium carefully surveying the terrain against this contingency.
	www.911-strike.com /historical-objectivism.htm (10563 words)

	Encyclopedia: Historical myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		History -- Historical myths -- History of Poland Here you can find list of once popular beliefs, or beliefs which are today more or less widespread, which are proven false or at least very, very dubious.
		William Tell (German Wilhelm Tell) was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century.
		Mythology is the study of myths: stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that feature a specific religious or belief system.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Historical-myths (351 words)

	Historical myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'Historical myths may be myths that rely on the rhetorical devices of history, or history that functions asmyth.
		The relationship between history and myth is complicated because they rely on different criteria: history purports to be an accurate account of events, while myth purportsto provide moral education.
		Many myths take the form of historical accounts, and many historical accounts are propagated becauseof their mythic function.
	www.therfcc.org /historical-myths-14780.html (82 words)

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		As far as historical studies are concerned, the real problem was that these four themes became the standard, the yardstick of historical interpretation.
		It was thus not by chance that, in the aftermath of the August 1968 momentum, one of the most powerful Romanian historical myths was revived: the myth of Michael the Brave and his 1600 unification of the Romanian principalities.
		What is important for this analysis, however, is that, reflecting the myths of continuity and unity of the Romanians on their current territory, the movie was the perfect embodiment of Ceausescu's vision of "national" history.
	www.rferl.org /reports/eepreport/2004/04/8-140404.asp (3897 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.2.3
		Matthew Fox, Roman Historical Myths: The Regal Period in Augustan Literature.
		The approach to the legendary history of early Rome taken by Matthew Fox in Roman Historical Myths is diametrically opposed to Wiseman's brilliant (if not altogether convincing) unravelling of the development of the figure of Remus within the political and social context of republican Rome.
		The approach itself is promising and the subject is important: as F. realizes, the end of the first century BCE was a time when Romans looked back at their distant past as a tool for understanding the political and social crises of their own day.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1997/97.02.03.html (1926 words)

	The Constant Feud
		There were many cosmological myths, in every codex of mythology, but as far as this study is concerned, there is one myth that is important and that is the Myth of the Flood.
		There are many Mesopotamian myths, which claim that the first cult places and their priestly personnel emerged as an institution for 'beclouded people' in need of 'counseling' after natural disasters have inflicted 'destruction' on their habitat.
		It is doubtful that there are migration myths that tell that they were hungry and were looking for more food, or that some stronger enemy drove them out of their previous home.
	www.eg-ban.com /constant-feud08.html (4704 words)

	Historical Myths Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There are many historical myths surrounding Native Americans, both as a people and regarding their interactions with the colonists.
		Archaeological evidence, historical records, and modern experts that support the existence of the Tower of Babel, as explained in Genesis 11, as well as nonbelievers' points of view.
		Philological, archaeological, and historical evidence of the existence of the Tower of Babel.
	www.suite101.com /links.cfm/historical_myths (1312 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.2.3
		rightly avoids crude analogical interpretations of the accounts of the monarchy; his intention is to apply literary methods to texts representing a period that lies on the border between myth and history--a difficult task, but one well worth the effort.
		Nowhere in the discussion of Propertius' Tarpeia poem does F. notice that Propertius has Tarpeia refer to Scylla of Megara--on whose myth his narrative of her love for Titus Tatius is modelled.
		Nowhere in discussing Ovid's elegiac remodelling of the rape of Lucretia in the Fasti --his recognition of which is perfectly valid--does he acknowledge that this is only a more extreme example of Alexandrian and alexandrianizing technique from Callimachus to his Roman admirers.
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/BMCR-L/Mirror/1997/97.02.03.html (1906 words)

	Popular Historical Myths Debunked :: mainly disproved by not-online material of the era
		A lot of our cherished historical myths come from the late- 1800's to early 1900's, a sort of golden age of inventors.
		The intent of this thread is to address historical myths regardless of the reason for them.
		We all got our historical myths from somewhere, even when schools were better (that one about Thomas Edison, for example, goes 'way 'way back).
	www.politicalforum.com /viewtopic.php?t=2746 (2079 words)

	Amazon.com: The Greek Myths : Combined Edition: Books: Robert Graves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Each myth is presented in concise, graceful prose, and where possible Graves includes genealogies of the characters and major variations of each myth; an interpretive essay also follows each myth.
		For myself, I use Graves' THE GREEK MYTHS as both reference and pleasure-reading, and I enjoy it a great deal; it is an indispensable purchase for any one with a serious interest in Greek mythology for any one who must frequently reference the same for scholarly purposes, and I strongly recommend it to them.
		Graves argues that myths such as the castration of Kronos and the labors of Herakles refer to the practice of mock-kings who were used for ceremony in fertility rituals.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140171991?v=glance (4224 words)

	Historical myths - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Historical myths - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Historical myths contains research on
		Historical myths, Examples of historical myths and See also.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Historical_myths (123 words)

	Historical Myths
		It seems to be a myth that people were filthy and smelt like old sewers.
		However the myth that Julius Caesar was born that way may be why this operation is called a caesarean birth.
		It is, in any case, a myth that most people in the past were malnourished.
	www.localhistories.org /histmyth.html (1843 words)

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		In his article, entitled “Myths of the Moment,” Slotkin discussed the U.S. Presidential race and its relation to his ideas about perceiving history through myth.
		“Myths are bits of history that become code words used to analyze a situation,” Slotkin said in an interview.
		Slotkin also explained that President Bush adopted the “Good War” myth to interpret the war in Iraq while Senator Kerry sees the war in terms of Vietnam, a historical event that does not readily lend itself to explanation through myth.
	www.wesleyan.edu /argus/archives/2004.10.01/dateyear/n8.html (642 words)

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		Clearly unimpressed by their historical arguments, Stalin decided that Transylvania should belong to Romania as a reward for having switched sides in the war, in August 1944.
		In this respect, an episode relating to the publication in 1964 of Karl Marx's "Notes on the Romanians" is illustrative (Marx, 1964).
		With regard to the revival of historical myths in order to stir popular support for the PCR's policies, one mass rally was of paramount importance: the rally held on 30 August 1968 in the Transylvanian city of Cluj.
	www.rferl.org /reports/eepreport/2004/04/7-010404.asp (4343 words)

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		This book offers an enlivening and sophisticated analysis of the pervasive use of historical myth in some of the most well known writers of the Late Republic and Augustan periods - from Cicero in the De Republica and the first book of Livy to Propertius IV and Ovid's Fasti.
		The chapters on prose narrative uncover an uneasy tension between the desire for accurate historical representation and the legendary character of traditional stories.
		In the light of modern theories of historical truth, Matthew Fox argues that narrative itself expresses a kind of belief in myths, and that this belief is in turn conditioned by historical circumstance.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p25835791 (335 words)

	The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And they are all busy creating historical myths that emphasize that their local history has little or no actual connection with the history of Russia as a unified state.
		It is the Soviet period, not so much a pre-revolutionary era, that belongs to the common historical experience of all ethnic groups of Russia, and it will be accepted as such - for good or bad - by the people of most post-Soviet states.
		This dimension of the Lenin myth should not be underestimated.
	www.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2005/11/03/200511030003.asp (669 words)

	Myths and Legends - frames
		Aside from the General and Creatures of Myth and Legend sections, these links are organized by region and language group, with those groups which produced written accounts of their myths and legends earlier, generally appearing closer to the beginning.
		Myth and Legend which includes stories of the King of the Fairies, the Brownies, Prince Ian, and the Black bull of Norroway.
		Myths and Legends gathered in Kenya and Tanzania over a seven week period, at a rate of one per week.
	www.myths.com /pub/myths/myth.html (12212 words)

	Imprint: June 28, 2002
		Mark Eltis in his latest editorial on 'Middle East troubles' is propagating historical myths as facts.
		At that time, the population was 90 per cent Arab and 10 per cent Jews; 97.5 per cent of the land was owned by Arabs.
		In 1947, after a massive Jewish immigration, Jews represented one-third of the population but were granted 52 per cent of historic Palestine by the UN partition resolution.
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?story=1771 (313 words)

	Learn more about Historical myths in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Learn more about Historical myths in the online encyclopedia.
		Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
		Many myths take the form of historical accounts, and many historical accounts are propegated because of their mythic function.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/historical_myths.html (167 words)

	Historical myths -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The relationship between (A record or narrative description of past events) history and (A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people) myth is complicated because they rely on different criteria: history purports to be an accurate account of events, while myth purports to provide moral education.
		(A legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot) King Arthur
		(Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person) Mythology
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/historical_myths.htm (232 words)

	ResearchAndWriting
		Historians often spend a good deal of their time explaining the difference between the history that we "remember" on the one hand and the history that can be extracted and interpreted from source evidence on the other.
		The final product of your research will be an original historical essay that poses a well-defined historical question, analyzes primary source evidence, and presents a thesis that answers your question and places your answer in the context of other historical inquiries.
		By historical journal, I mean a scholarly journal, such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, or The Journal of Social History, that publishes the original research of historians (not a magazine).
	facstaff.bloomu.edu /hickey/researchf99.htm (2631 words)

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