789 Quotes About Mythology

a swirl of smoke trapped in a glass bottle, an odd unlabelled thing unknowingly put up for sale.

You get one wish, the smoke said. And so Yoth wished.

The gods give no more than you can bear. The unfriendly sea shall be your road. A new homeland lies far across the roaring wave.

Myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology.

Why do mythological heroes of past civilizations have a thousand faces? Is it because each one of us takes a heroic journey of self-discovery?

Deep in the psychological caves of their mental platonicdarkness, there is no rainbow colour or light of reason in many areasof their psyche, their inner mind. Instead they have marriedthemselves to a dragon of a creature, so terrible that even Jupiterfeared this monstrosity of pompous ignorance. Their hope of thebeauty of Cupid is just a lovemaking session in the dark room ofignorance of both science and religion.

The real costOf KurukshetraWas the momentWhen you disappeared Over the horizonAt the end of our universeThat momentWhen you looked backAnd couldn't see meWhen I strained my eyesBut couldn't see youThe monumentalIncalculable CostOf warWas an empty horizon.It always has been,Krishna.

The Rishis were Dhiras Personified (coolness and patience). The term Jnani was introduced later on in the Hinduism. The followers of the Puranas (Mythologies) are called Bhaktas and those who followed the rational way of thinking as outlined by Shankar and other schools of thoughts, such as, Atmajnanis etc. were termed as Jnanis.

He felt Herakles' hand move on his thigh and Geryon's head went back like a poppy in a breeze --