arXiv Machine Learning August 4, 2026 By Iaroslav Chelombitko, Ekaterina Chelombitko, Mika H\"am\"al\"ainen

Cultural Awareness is Represented but Not Decoded: Tracing Mythological Knowledge across 18 Open-Source LLMs

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arXiv:2608. 02486v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Open-source LLMs reliably name Zeus, Jupiter, and Thor, but recover their counterparts in less-represented traditions like Finnish, Slavic, Egyptian, or Chinese mythology far less consistently.

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