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Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has…

— Paul Ricoeur

Nature, or the world, or reality, is what mythology is all about.

— Robert Bringhurst

“Myth basically serves four functions. The first is the mystical function,... realizing what a wonder the universe is, and what a wonder you are,…

— Joseph Campbell

The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden…

— Anonymous

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

— Philipp Meyer

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

— Alan Watts

“CAMPBELL: The individual has to find an aspect of myth that relates to his own life. Myth basically serves four functions. The first is…

— Joseph Campbell

“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the world of…

— Michael Meade

“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and…

— Jo Walton

Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence. Myth looked back to…

— Karen Armstrong

For me what was very important was to try to capture the essence that might have existed behind the myth, the human essence of…

— Edgar Ramirez

“Mythology and religion are relevant and remarkable, as they each represent imaginative truths – projections of human beings innermost desires – intermixed with fragments…

— Kilroy J. Oldster