A moderate cross-section:
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The Mythology of Buddhism
Paul Carus
The Monist
Vol. 7, No. 3 (April, 1897), pp. 415-445
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Myth in Buddhism: Essential or Peripheral?
Winston L. King
Journal of Bible and Religion
Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 211-218
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Buddhist Naturalism and the Myth of Rebirth
Kenneth K. Inada
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1970), pp. 46-53
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Symbols of Evil in Buddhism
James W. Boyd
The Journal of Asian Studies
Vol. 31, No. 1 (Nov., 1971), pp. 63-75
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Animal Symbolism in Early Buddhist Literature and Art
Balkrishna G. Gokhale
East and West
Vol. 24, No. 1/2 (March-June 1974), pp. 111-120
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Hermeneutics and Buddhist Myths: Bringing Paul Ricoeur to Mahayana Buddhism
Carl B. Becker
Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Vol. 67, No. 3 (Fall 1984), pp. 325-335
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Early Buddhist Art and the Theory of Aniconism
Susan L. Huntington
Art Journal,
Vol. 49, No. 4, New Approaches to South Asian Art (Winter, 1990), pp.401-408
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