| Over the centuries, Laozi's life took on elements of the mythological hero's biography. |
| Most people, it should be said, like to name their pets after mythological and legendary figures. |
| The majority recognizes the ankh as an Egyptian symbol of mythological power. |
| Joseph Campbell, in his work The Hero with a Thousand Faces, examines the mythological hero's journey and its attending archetypes. |
| Like Rembrandt, his contemporaries among the Restoration portraitists favoured fanciful mythological guises. |
| The images consisted mainly of mythological creatures such as dragons, fairies, and merfolk. |
