ABSTRACT
In this concluding essay, with a view to taking stock, I seek to bring to light how, from various standpoints, the preceding chapters contribute to a better understanding of national myths as sociological devices. And for the sake of future research, I will also raise a few major questions that remain unanswered or insufficiently investigated. 1 However, rather than restrict my comments to the set of nations analyzed here, I will look beyond them in order to better substantiate various points or arguments.
