Mythologies
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Mythologies is a seminal 1957 collection of essays by Roland Barthes that analyzes contemporary French popular culture through the lens of semiotics and myth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mythologies canonical | 9 |
| Mythologies (English edition) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7631637 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mythologies Context triple: [Roland Barthes, notableWork, Mythologies]
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A.
Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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B.
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen’s debut poetry collection, first published in 1956, which explores themes of love, religion, and identity in his early literary voice.
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C.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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D.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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E.
Story for the Gods
"Story for the Gods" is a popular Nigerian hip-hop/afropop song by rapper Olamide, known for its catchy beat and streetwise lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mythologies Target entity description: Mythologies is a seminal 1957 collection of essays by Roland Barthes that analyzes contemporary French popular culture through the lens of semiotics and myth.
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A.
Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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B.
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen’s debut poetry collection, first published in 1956, which explores themes of love, religion, and identity in his early literary voice.
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C.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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D.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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E.
Story for the Gods
"Story for the Gods" is a popular Nigerian hip-hop/afropop song by rapper Olamide, known for its catchy beat and streetwise lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ |
| analyzes |
advertising
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consumer goods ⓘ film ⓘ food ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| author | Roland Barthes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes | contemporary French popular culture ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
firstPartShortEssays
ⓘ
secondPartTheoreticalEssay ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Mythologies (English edition)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mythologies
|
| hasPart |
Le bifteck et les frites
ⓘ
Le monde où l’on catche ⓘ Le mythe, aujourd’hui ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory
ⓘ
cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ media studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ferdinand de Saussure
ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ideology
ⓘ
mass media ⓘ myth ⓘ popular culture ⓘ semiotics ⓘ signification ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement |
post-structuralism
ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ |
| notableIdea | modern myths as depoliticized speech ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Roland Barthes ⓘ |
| numberOfEssays | 53 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Mythologies ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~220 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957-03-14 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Seuil ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar France ⓘ |
| title | Mythologies ⓘ |
| translator | Annette Lavers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mythologies Description of subject: Mythologies is a seminal 1957 collection of essays by Roland Barthes that analyzes contemporary French popular culture through the lens of semiotics and myth.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mythologies