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The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.
The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken read more
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society
A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in read more
A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another.
Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are read more
Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for read more
We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting read more
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep read more
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
