419 Quotes About Myth

I sometimes go to a mythical place called "workplace", where the doable is always unpassable as possible, especially when it pisses you off.

There is at least one truth to every myth.

In India we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths.

Mythology was never designed to describe historically verifiable events that actually happened. It was an attempt to express their inner significance or to draw attention to realities that were too elusive to be discussed in a logically coherent way.

Mythology didn't cease to exist and be useful to Pagans when we gained digital watch technology.

The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

If professional religious leaders cannot instruct us in mythological lore, our artists and creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring fresh insight to our lost and damaged role.

One finds the same basic mythological themes in all the religions of the world, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated, from the North American plains to European forests to Polynesian atolls. The imagery of myth is a language, a lingua franca that expresses something basic about our deepest humanity. It is variously inflected in its various provinces.

the dank night is sweeping down from the skyand the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.