Doe Quote by Joseph Campbell

“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension... A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a…

— Brian Godawa

A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of…

— Christopher Vogler

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis

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 is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports…

— Edward de Bono

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

— Alan Watts

Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.

— Paul Ricoeur

What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.

— Anonymous

“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 religion in which no one any longer believes.

— Anonymous