Common Quote by Maynard James Keenan

“Every culture has its version. It's universal. One of the things that is most fascinating about studying mythology is how so many of the…

— M.J. Rose

A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes…

— Maynard James Keenan

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

One is forced to speak not of what is held in common between the cultures, but what is held in common between the myths,…

— Carl Jung

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

— Anonymous

“Any particular term—myth, legend, saga, folktale, and so forth—tends to be used in so many differing ways by different people that without careful definition…

— R.W.L. Moberly

The origin of each story is unique.

— Kate DiCamillo

Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning…

— Cormac McCarthy

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

— Maynard James Keenan

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

— Margaret Atwood

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.

— Paul Henderson