Quotes About Mythology

Ymir's body is divided so that everything, even his eyebrows, were used in the creation of the world; the four dwarfs who hold up the sky; the wolves that chase the sun and moon; the giant's eyes that are tossed up into heaven and turned into stars: these and a host of other particulars become narrative elements within the cycle.

A culture finds the gods it needs

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What would it have been like to live back then, when stories colored the world and even the sky listened?

First of all, I'm not narcissistic." When she opened her lips to argue, he said, "I know Narkissos of Thespiae -- while we might share traits, I came first, so he's Lothairistic, not the other way around.

In ancient Greece, the earth was personified as a mysterious goddess called Gaia. A cosmic, procreative womb who emerged out of the primeval void called Chaos, it was believed Gaia existed before all other life. It was also believed that Gaia created all of life. In Roman mythology, she was known as Terra. At

The archetypal image decides the fate of man.

The ancient Greeks; the Romans after. How they made of love a wild god

Dulce resulta la vida cuando no hay temor a la muerte. El mito del Tártaro es vano. Hay que reírse de la muerte igual que de una máscara que aterroriza a los niños. También ella parece que va a morder, pero no muerde.

religions all have the same timeline...First the people feel the need to worship something. The sun or the giant corn of ear. That's the first thing. Then the guys say okay, now that we've got the giant corn thing going, how can we use it to oppress women?

I know that the harder you try to dispel a legend the more power it gains.

After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess.

Great Juno's peacock!' cried Flavia again. 'A peacock.

The other story about Midas is that he was called upon to judge between the music of Pan and Apollo and found in favour of Pan. Apollo, understandably annoyed (he was, after all, god of music, whereas Pan was merely god of shepherds and tootled on the odd pipe in his spare time), punished Midas by making a pair of ass's ears sprout from his head.

It is warm within the mansions of Hel.

If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday

Anachron's Law: There is no myth which is so irrational that no one will believe it. Anachron's Corollary: There is no truth which is so obvious that everyone will accept it.

What fools these immortals be.

A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.

If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by?though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth position turns out to be the same as the seventy-third, but with your fingers crossed.

The brave men did not kill dragons. The brave men rode them.

Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the other moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.

The morning air was dark with the smoke of burning gods.

Black or red, a dragon is still a dragon." - Illyrio Mopatis