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He’s also the author of a number of books on Ibero-American history, the best known of which is “Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Other stamps in the Myths and Legends collection depict Blodeuwedd of Welsh mythology, Irish heroic figure Fionn mac Cumhaill, the spectral hound of East Anglia, Black Shuck, selkies and a grindylow.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

In his book "White Poverty: How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy" Reverend William J. Barber argues that the culture wars mask the rampant poverty in the world’s richest nation.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

The Myths by Legends program features the Limón Dance Company in José Limón’s “Orfeo” and Mearns in a solo from Martha Graham’s “Clytemnestra.”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Myths are early science, the result of men’s first trying to explain what they saw around them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton