Idea Quote by Marilynne Robinson

We have demythologized prematurely, that we've actually lost the vocabulary for discussing reality at its largest scales. The idea that myth is the opposite…

— Marilynne Robinson

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

— C. S. Lewis

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

— Alan Watts

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

The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

— David Mitchell

“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” 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

“Myth is truth which is subjective, intuitive, cultural and grounded in faith.”

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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