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most citedUniversal Properties of Mythological Networks

129 citations · 308 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.soc-ph2016★ 125 cited

Calling Dunbar's Numbers

Pádraig MacCarron, Kimmo Kaski, Robin Dunbar

The social brain hypothesis predicts that humans have an average of about 150 relationships at any given time. Within this 150, there are layers of friends of an ego, where the num…

physics.soc-ph2016★ 2 cited

Temporal Network Analysis of Literary Texts

Sandra D. Prado, Silvio R. Dahmen, Ana L. C. Bazzan +2

We study temporal networks of characters in literature focusing on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) by Lewis Carroll and the anonymous "La Chanson de Roland" (around 1100)…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 7 cited

Maths Meets Myths: Network Investigations of Ancient Narratives

R. Kenna, P. Mac Carron

Three years ago, we initiated a programme of research in which ideas and tools from statistical physics and network theory were applied to the field of comparative mythology. The e…

physics.soc-ph2013★ 45 cited

Network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur - the Sagas of Icelanders

P. Mac Carron, R. Kenna

The Íslendinga sögur - or Sagas of Icelanders - constitute a collection of medieval literature set in Iceland around the late 9th to early 11th centuries, the so-called Saga Age. T…

physics.soc-ph2012★ 129 cited

Universal Properties of Mythological Networks

Pádraig Mac Carron, Ralph Kenna

As in statistical physics, the concept of universality plays an important, albeit qualitative, role in the field of comparative mythology. Here we apply statistical mechanical tool…