Dreams Quote by Marianna Mayer

Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously…

— Jack Zipes

“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 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

“fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively. We can weave common myths such as the biblical creation…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more. Mythology embodied…

— Charles de Lint

Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the…

— Joseph Campbell

I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be…

— Robin McKinley

“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

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

— Joseph Campbell

“For the others, it was still just a tale, like all the tales we told, night by night, tales comical and strange, tales heroic…

— Juliet Marillier

“Fairy tales are just true stories that humans have chosen not to believe in any more. Besides, this is Myths and Legends where dreams…

— Stacie Simpson

“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal retelling of…

— Jonah Sachs