Quotes Tagged With :myths

Apropos of Eskimo, I once heard a missionary describe the extraordinary difficulty he had found in translating....

I have argued elsewhere (Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence [2005]) that we need to treat....

Cultures produce myths because they satisfy a deep-rooted human need: the need to make sense of life.....

You know, Mac,”Cadmus said still looking out the window. “We may have to work on the way we tell....

Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure....

Everyone has a weakness. Even a demigod.

Atlantis?' Jason asked.'That's a myth,' Percy said.'Uh...don't we deal in myths?''No, I mean it's a MADE-UP....

So, in "Melting Pot" the children (about a third of whom were kids of color) sang the line, "America....

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I fear that we shall....

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.