Anthropomorphism
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Anthropomorphism is the ascribing of human personality, appearance, conduct, cognition, or other attributes to non-human entities, often including non-human animals. In fiction and folklore, it is spe
The 35,000 to 40,000 year-old Löwenmensch figurine
Anthropomorphic "pebble" figures from the 7th millennium BC
From the Panchatantra: Rabbit fools Elephant by showing the reflection of the moon.
From The Emperor's Rout (1831)
Myth
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Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is totally different from the ordinary sense of the term myth, meaning a be
Ballads of bravery (1877) part of Arthurian mythology
Odysseus Overcome by Demodocus' Song, a mythological painting by Francesco Hayez, 1813–1815
Opening lines of one of the Mabinogi myths from the Red Book of Hergest (written pre-13th century, incorporating pre-Roman myths of Celtic gods): Gereint vab Erbin. Arthur a deuodes dala llys yg Caerllion ar Wysc... (Geraint the son of Erbin. Arthur was accustomed to hold his Court at Caerlleon upon Usk...)
Myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria (1916)