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Theft Of Fire

The "Theft of Fire" is a mythic motif that belongs to the broader category of origin narratives, specifically characterized by a supernatural or divine element being illicitly acquired by humans through deception or bravery, thereby enabling technological or cultural advancement.

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Publications

646

Citations

25

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

Variants

Fire-theft

Parents

Publications

14

Investigation into the King's Cross Underground Fire

E.W. Marchant · Fire Safety Journal · 1989 · 174 citations

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The 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub

Jeffrey R. Saffle · The American Journal of Surgery · 1993 · 92 citations · Full text

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Phantom hearths and the use of fire at Gesher Benot Ya'Aqov, Israel

Nira Alperson-Afil, Daniel Richter, Naama Goren‐Inbar · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2007 · 63 citations · Full text

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The Social Construction of Corporate Violence: Media Coverage of the Imperial Food Products Fire

John Wright, Francis T. Cullen, Michael B. Blankenship · Crime & Delinquency · 1995 · 59 citations

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Stealing the fire: the art and protest of James Baldwin

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 56 citations

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Authors

25

  1. KT
    Kathrin Thiele

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  2. PT
    Pekka Tammi

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

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  3. SM
    Silvia Marina Arrom

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

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  4. DR
    Daniel Richter

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    1 publications · 63 citations

    1

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  5. JW
    John Wright

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    1 publications · 59 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. Inserm

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  2. Optimisation Thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  5. American Institute of Physics

    College Park, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. University of the Arts Utrecht

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  8. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 56 citations

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  2. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice

    1 publications · 36 citations

    1

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  3. Environmental Pollution

    1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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  5. The American Journal of Surgery

    1 publications · 92 citations

    1

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