Comments on: I am mything something https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/05/i-am-mything-something/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:01:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/05/i-am-mything-something/#comment-3526 VelociraptorBlade Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:37:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2254#comment-3526 Some myths do have a basis in reality. People may find explanations for events that they think is true and pass it on to others. Or someone was telling the right story, but it got muddled down the line (sorta like a game of Telephone). Or even worse (and more frequent), it's a combination of the two. Some myths do have a basis in reality. People may find explanations for events that they think is true and pass it on to others. Or someone was telling the right story, but it got muddled down the line (sorta like a game of Telephone). Or even worse (and more frequent), it’s a combination of the two.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/05/i-am-mything-something/#comment-3413 Eri Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:07:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2254#comment-3413 People had to have something to believe in, to explain things. Also, storytelling is an ancient art and storytellers need to be heard. If you saw something you couldn't explain and were a storyteller, you would make up something out of your imagination to explain it, something that you could either live with or warn others to stay away from. and some storytellers just like to scare the shit out of their listeners. People had to have something to believe in, to explain things. Also, storytelling is an ancient art and storytellers need to be heard.

If you saw something you couldn’t explain and were a storyteller, you would make up something out of your imagination to explain it, something that you could either live with or warn others to stay away from. and some storytellers just like to scare the shit out of their listeners.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/05/i-am-mything-something/#comment-3371 TB Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:09:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2254#comment-3371 Mythology is humanity's way of telling itself its own stories. In Neil Gaiman's "Dream Country," Puck is watching a presentation of the play "Midsummer Night's Dream," and is fascinated: "This is magnificent - and it is <i>true!</i> It never happened, yet it is still true. What magic art is this?" Did you ever see the series "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth?" Mythology is humanity’s way of telling itself its own stories.

In Neil Gaiman’s “Dream Country,” Puck is watching a presentation of the play “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and is fascinated:

“This is magnificent – and it is true! It never happened, yet it is still true. What magic art is this?”

Did you ever see the series “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth?”

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/05/i-am-mything-something/#comment-3369 mcfly Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:59:45 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2254#comment-3369 Western mythology's never been particularly near or dear to my heart either, but imho you're probably not actually mything much. The world these stories came out of was harsh, unpredictable and very dangerous. Romaticism, otoh, is a modern luxury. To find that one doesn't inspire the other probably isn't too surprising. More than anything else, what I see in mythology is an expression of fear. That too, I don't find very surprising. Western mythology’s never been particularly near or dear to my heart either, but imho you’re probably not actually mything much.

The world these stories came out of was harsh, unpredictable and very dangerous. Romaticism, otoh, is a modern luxury. To find that one doesn’t inspire the other probably isn’t too surprising.

More than anything else, what I see in mythology is an expression of fear. That too, I don’t find very surprising.

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