Storytelling Quote by Lucy O'Brien

Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for…

— Sam Keen

A myth is a fantasy, a preferred lie, a foundational story, a hypnotic trance, an identity game, a virtual reality, one that can be…

— Ginette Paris

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

— Rollo May

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

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

— Michael Shermer

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the…

— Baz Luhrmann

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

Myth is a tale once believed as truth; believed, it is not myth, but religion. A tale once religiously believed that has come to…

— Laura Riding

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

— Alan Watts

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

— John Bierhorst