Bitter-frost Quote by Kailin Gow

Real myths are often strange and startlingly unfamiliar, and don't always give up their meanings easily; you have to tease them out, and for…

— Elizabeth Hand

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

“We have looked for myths that include us in great novels, music, the latest comic book, or even some stupid advertising campaign. We'll look…

— Kate Bornstein

“I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories. They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images we can…

— Marianna Mayer

“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

“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the meaning of…

— Javier Cazañ

Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.

— Margaret Halsey

As a folklorist, I have come to believe that no piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something - even if…

— Alan Dundes

I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what…

— John Green

“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and…

— Jack Zipes

Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with…

— Amish Tripathi

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they…

— Maxine Hong Kingston