BetteTheRed
Resident Heretic
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So as not to further derail the Luke thread, I thought I'd bring up a conversation that @unsafe and @Mendalla are having there.
I think a good definition of myth is "story that contains truth". One of Aesop's fables might come to mind. There were never a hare and a tortoise having a foot race. But it's a good way to teach the truth that "slow and steady wins the race".
Unsafe, though, seems to confuse myth with fiction, and thinks that when we look for meaning in myth, that we're somehow avoiding facts.
I think a good definition of myth is "story that contains truth". One of Aesop's fables might come to mind. There were never a hare and a tortoise having a foot race. But it's a good way to teach the truth that "slow and steady wins the race".
Unsafe, though, seems to confuse myth with fiction, and thinks that when we look for meaning in myth, that we're somehow avoiding facts.