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  2. Origin myth - Wikipedia

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    New York: Penguin Books, 1976. Campbell, Joseph. Transformations of Myth through Time. New York: Harper and Row, 1990. Darshan, Guy. The Origins of the Foundation Stories Genre in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, JBL, 133,4 (2014), 689–709. Darshan, Guy. Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature ...

  3. Epaminondas (children's story) - Wikipedia

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    Epaminondas is a children's story that was originally transmitted orally in the Black community of the Southern States of the United States.A little boy named Epaminondas makes a series of amusing mistakes which are caused when he does the right thing at the wrong time, or takes metaphorical language literally.

  4. Just-so story - Wikipedia

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    In science and philosophy, a just-so story is an untestable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative [ 1 ] nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation.

  5. Death in children's literature - Wikipedia

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    In the literature for children ages 3 to 8 written in the 1970s and 1980s, where someone died, 51% of the deaths were adults, 28% were animals or plants and only 9% were children (six books). Of the adults who died, 91% were "grandparent age" and 9% were " parent age".

  6. Children's literature - Wikipedia

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    Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader, from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction .

  7. Category:Mythological archetypes - Wikipedia

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    Categorising a story as a myth does not necessarily imply that it is untrue. Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Many English speakers understand the terms "myth" and "mythology" to mean fictitious or imaginary.

  8. Portal:Children's literature - Wikipedia

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    Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader, from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction .

  9. Etiology - Wikipedia

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    Etiology (/ ˌ iː t i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek word αἰτιολογία (aitiología), meaning "giving a reason for" (from αἰτία (aitía) 'cause' and -λογία () 'study of'). [1]