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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This is a list of current, widely held, erroneous ideas and beliefs about notable topics which have been reported by reliable sources from around the world. Each has been discussed in published literature, as has its topic area and the facts concerning it. In ancient Rome , the architectural feature called a vomitorium was the entranceway through which crowds entered and exited a stadium, not a special room used for purging food during meals. [ 1 ] Although wealthy gluttons and emperors with excessive appetites might be accused of binging and purging, vomiting was not a regular part of Roman dining customs . [ 2 ] Nero did not "fiddle" during the Great Fire of Rome ( violins had not yet been invented, nor was he playing the lyre ).

List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In common parlance, a myth is a fiction -- something which is untrue. Scholars of mythology define myth differently: a myth is a special kind of story which tries to interpret some aspect of the world around us. Robert W. Brockway, in his book Myth from the Ice Age to Mickey Mouse concisely summarizes a number of different scholarly ideas about the meaning of myth as follows:

Myth and Legend from Ancient Times to the Space Age

Please enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between. The mythology section is divided to six geographical regions: Africa , Americas , Asia , Europe , Middle East , and Oceania . Each region has many clearly defined subdivisions that will ease your search.

Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.

THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in C

The Theoi Project profiles each deity and creature of Greek Mythology on a separate page, incorporating an encyclopedia summary, quotations from a wide selection of ancient Greek and Roman texts, and illustrations from ancient art. Analysis of the texts and interpretation of the stories of myth is currently beyond the scope of the project. For such detailed analysis, I would suggest consulting some of the good books available on the subject. Transliterated forms of Greek names are used throughout the biography pages of the site rather than their Latin forms, e.g. Kirke instead of Circe, Ouranos for Uranus, Apollon in place of Apollo, etc.