American " cultural anthropologists " focused on the ways people expressed their view of themselves and their world, especially in symbolic forms, such as art and myths.

One reason for the hero-as-self interpretation of stories and myths is the human inability to view the world from any perspective but a personal one.

For example, according to the theory of mythopoeic thought, the ancients tended to view things as persons, not as mere objects ; thus, they described natural events as acts of personal gods, thus giving rise to myths.

However, from a historiographical point of view this approach led to some inconsistencies, as, in order to bring the reader round to his point of view, Orosius sometimes described myths and legends as if they were historic fact.

In, where Paul urges people not to " occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations ...", has been debated as to whether it indicates that Paul had a negative view of the developing virgin birth stories and their variant genealogies.

An alternate view connects the Klabautermann myths with the story of Saint Phocas of Sinope.

However, the work of historians during the 1980s-1990s, some of whom sought to bury Turner's conception of the frontier and others who have sought to spare the concept while presenting a more balanced and nuanced view, have done much to place Western myths in context and rescue Western history from them.

Therefore in MacRitchie's view the Irish myths and folkloric accounts which describe the Fianna as " giants " only did so in a non-literal figurative sense to describe their savage type nature, not size.

Riley-Smith further commented against the historical accuracy stating " nonsense like this will only reinforce existing myths ", arguing that the film " relied on the romanticized view of the Crusades propagated by Sir Walter Scott in his book The Talisman, published in 1825 and now discredited by academics.

Ceremony has been called a Grail fiction, wherein the hero overcomes a series of challenges to reach a specified goal ; but this point of view has been criticized as Eurocentric, since it involves a Native American contextualizing backdrop, and not one based on European-American myths.

Other features found in Menippean satire are different forms of parody and mythological burlesque, a critique of the myths inherited from traditional culture, a rhapsodic nature, a fragmented narrative, the combination of many different targets, and the rapid moving between styles and points of view.

However, the work of historians during the 1980s-1990s, some of whom sought to bury Turner's conception of the frontier and others who have sought to spare the concept while presenting a more balanced and nuanced view, have done much to place Western myths in context and rescue Western history from them.

While it may be reasonable to consider transnational insurgency, Anthony Cordesman points out some of the myths in trying to have a worldwide view of terror:

His biographers present him as an important link between China and the United States, but Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's controversial biography, Mao: The Unknown Story, describes Snow as as Mao's " spokesman " and accuses him of supplying " myths ", claiming that he lost his objectivity to such an extent that he presented a romanticized and partial view.

His anthologies of Hawaiian myths, legends and folk tales are considered among the best of the English versions of a Hawaiian view of the sacred and profane.

The loss of one of the sisters, Merope, in some myths may reflect an astronomical event wherein one of the stars disappeared from view by the naked eye.

Finally, Umberto Eco's studies on Superman and James Bond as myths of a static good-and-evil world view should be mentioned as very early and lucid examples of a combination of semiotic and political analysis.

shows grunge from the point of view of people within the grunge scene, and attempts to dispel some of the myths of the genre promulgated by media hype, hence the title.

Additionally, they do not believe themselves descended from Caine ( the first vampire ), but rather view their existence in relation to various African myths and legends.

Their myths view humans, or " M ' an " as a race of deformed descendants of cats.

Some of these alleged myths about Opus Dei are rooted in the misunderstanding of Catholic faith on the view of God-human relationship ( pro-life issues ) and Natural Law ( the different roles of the two genders ); while others are rooted in unsubstantiated rumours.

Yet paradoxically my liberal friends continue to view Jefferson as one of their patron saints.

If we examine the three types of change from the point of view of their internal structure we find an additional profound difference between the third and the first two, one that accounts for the notable difference between the responses they evoke.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

The Gog Magog Hills to the southeast afforded him and all other students a vantage point from which to view the town and university of their dwelling.

The facts, he adds, are hidden from public view by squeamish objections to calling bad conditions by their right name and by insistence on token integration rather than on real improvement of the schools, regardless of the color of their students.

If they feel that we are taking a long-term view of their problems and are prepared to enter into reasonably long-term association with them in their development activities, they will be much more likely to undertake the difficult tasks required.

While it is easy enough to ridicule Hawkins' pronouncement in Pleas Of The Crown from a metaphysical point of view, the concept of the `` oneness '' of a married couple may reflect an abiding belief that the communion between husband and wife is such that their actions are not always to be regarded by the criminal law as if there were no marriage.

A completely new insight into living cells and their structure will be possible by use of a new technique which replaces visible light with ultraviolet radiation and combines a microscope with a color-TV system to view the results.

This is especially so if the dog, cat or monkey are to be used, in view of their marked anatomical differences from man.

American policy should press constantly the view that until these governments demand efficiency and effectiveness of their bureaucracies there is not the slightest hope that they will either modernize of democratize their societies.

From the point of view of the applicants, less time was wasted in being evaluated -- and they got a meal out of it as well as some insights into their performances.

Nevertheless, their conclusions and recommendations cannot please everybody, and they often represent a particular economic or political point of view.

Now I do not think their view will do.

) Amateur linguists note here that Pursewarden, in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, stammered when he spoke of his wife, which is hardly surprising in view of their disastrous relationship.

The opposing view is ethical egoism, which maintains that moral agents should always act in their own self-interest.

A common criticism has been that many social science scholars ( such as economists, sociologists, and psychologists ) in Western countries focus disproportionately on Western subjects, while anthropology focuses disproportionately on the " other "; this has changed over the last part of the twentieth century as anthropologists increasingly, also study Western subjects, particularly variation across class, region, or ethnicity within Western societies, and other social scientists increasingly take a global view of their fields.

Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the " White City " with its promise of the future contained within its alabaster buildings ; the wheat fields of America's heartland Kansas, through which her train was riding on July 16 ; and the majestic view of the Great Plains from high atop Zebulon's Pikes Peak.

Beauregard's move to the west contributed to the movement of the Union commanders into action against the forts so they could act before, in their view, Beauregard could make a difference in the theater.

Paneloux is at pains to emphasize that God did not will the calamity: " He looked on the evil-doing in the town with compassion ; only when there was no other remedy did He turn His face away, in order to force people to face the truth about their life " In Paneloux's view, even the terrible suffering caused by the plague works ultimately for good.

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe.

However, because of their difference over details of the doctrines of divine predestination and salvation, many people view them as enemies within evangelicalism.