this article aims to show that the recent story of zahhak is in fact a re-modeling of the creation myth. this theory is proved through the comparison of the structural elements of the zoroastrian myth of creation with the story of zahhak from the shāhnāma. for this purpose, initially, a summary of the creation myth is presented in three parts. then, it is concluded that the triple division of z...

In the night with clear sky, the beautiful star patterns attract lots of star gazers and photographers. Constellation is a convention that people used to partition the stars with myth and stories behind each constellation, making the starry sky more compelling. However, the constellation detection requires complicated knowledge and experience. Our team’s goal is to automatically detect the cons...

Introduction: It is important to know about the myths and misconceptions, especially in India, where general and oral health is embroiled in various myths and ritualistic practices. Objectives: The purpose of this study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of dental myth and utilizes socio-dental impact locus of control scale (SILOC) health model, as the theoretical framework to understand the ...

Sexual assault is underreported in the United States. Survivors are often reluctant to make police reports for various reasons; one is fear of revictimization by criminal justice professionals. Conversely, police officers often lack skills for interviewing crime victims. Posttraumatic stress reactions among victims can exacerbate the problem. Although some victims prefer female interviewers, it...

The aim is to assess the effect of imprisonment on rape myth acceptance. The research used a sample of male prisoners incarcerated for non-sexual crimes (n = 98) and a sample of males drawn from the general population (n = 160). Simple linear regression did not indicate a significant effect of incarceration on rape myth acceptance. After controlling for background covariates using propensity sc...

This paper starts with a critical view of beautiful female images in the mass media being frequently generated by a stereotypical Korean concept of beauty. Several female beauty myths have evolved in Korea during the present decade. Nearly all of them have formed due to a deeply-ingrained androcentric ideology which objectifies women. Mass media causes the public to hold a distorted concept abo...