Cultural References
Denis Diderot wrote an article about the Agnus Scythicus in the first edition of his Encyclopédie. The Borometz appears in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings.
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“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
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