Many of us are introduced to popular mythological characters such as Father Christmas early on in life.
I attempted to write a young adult fairytale with Fearless, which I set out to construct in a purely mythological fashion.
And years later, it is still described in mythological questions and statements.
Speculations on the origin of tapas range from the practical to the mythological.
Descriptions of his run and strike varied dramatically in the 24 years from when he scored it to the day it was made public, giving it mythological status.
In 2009, when the Cork county goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack came out as gay, the novelist Colm Tóibín hailed him as "the first gay hurler since Cúchulainn", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Iron Age mythological warrior-hero whose feats with stick and ball make him the precursor of today's hurlers.
It is not the kind of mythological feast one expects of Titian.
Whether they were prehistoric dinosaurs or mythological creatures, in Ray's hands they were no longer puppets but became instead characters in their own right, just as important as the actors they played against and in most cases even more so".
When pressed earlier this year on the necessity of giving the collection an identity, the owner (who wishes to remain anonymous) settled on the griffin, a mythological beast who guards treasures.
After Bellini's death in 1516, Titian painted three mythological scenes to complement his work, repainting the background of his teacher's painting so that it matched his own.
The point, according to the director who put those words in the mouth of a young man about to pay for his supper with a Crédit Lyonnais cheque, is that there are two Crédit Lyonnais, a mythological subject for scandalised conversation and the real bank which serves its loyal customers well.
