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

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

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, 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.

What if all the myths were true...

What if all the myths were true...

Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.

Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.

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 and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.