Ancient greek Quote by Helen Morales

“myth” in this strict sense is a story that purports to be in some sense “historical” and that encapsulates and reinforces the strongly held…

— N.T. Wright

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what…

— Ashwin Sanghi

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.

— Rollo May

“A myth has been well described as something that in some sense happened once—but that also happens all the time. It is about timeless,…

— Karen Armstrong

“Scholars have produced as many definitions of myth as there are myths themselves. This book will discuss various definitions of myth as it goes…

— Helen Morales

“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness, inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology. But it is also born of the…

— Helen Morales

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

— Alan Watts

“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some…

— John Bierhorst

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and…

— D. H. Lawrence

“[Northrop] Frye was concerned mostly with literary criticism, and myths interested him as structural elements in works of literature. He used the word myth…

— Margaret Atwood

Important thing about myth is that it's not just something that you believe, a myth is essentially a program for action. And unless you…

— Karen Armstrong

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis