Quotes About Mythology

By Heaven, had I the teeth of Caucasus Red-hot from Promethean agonies, And tusks more lucid than the lunar snows, On those jagged lawns of Asia, cavernous With many a dragon banquet-eyes like those Minerva made of flint to shatter Jove-- I'd hurl their hate upon thee, and myself Die in a red parabola of Fate! --Ernest Wheldrake, The Monomaniac's Tragedy

Then she told George that the story of the minotaur was one about facing what mazes you. She made it very clear that she was using the word maze, not amaze. Then, when you'd faced it, she said, the thing to do to get out of the labyrinth was to go back the way you'd come, follow your own thread, the thread you'd left behind you, and that this had a lot to do with knowing where we come from and what our roots are –

Snakes in the ancient world, because of their skin-shedding ability, often symbolized immortality or eternal youth.

The landscape of Hell is the largest shared construction project in imaginative history, and its chief architects have been creative giants- Homer, Virgil, Plato, Augustine, Dante, Bosch, Michelangelo, Milton, Goethe, Blake, and more.

A Deusa Tríplice: virgem, mãe e bruxa.

Os deuses de uma era se tornam os demônios da seguinte ou, quando não têm destino semelhante, acabam em ambiente mais seguro nos contos de fadas ou, como nos dias de hoje, em histórias em quadrinhos. Uma onda de iconiclastia comumente se forma a cada mudança das eras astrológicas, e os objetos ou 'as coisas' antes venerados são feitos em pedaços por escavações arqueológicas séculos depois.

At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why we couldn't just read books without forcing contorted interpretations on then

Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

Zaratustra no puede morir, sería lo nunca visto.

Mythology contains a rich history of legendary weapons, most famously 'Excalibur,' weapons that could only be used by the pure of heart.

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

In mythology and palmistry, the left hand is called the dreamer because the ring finger on the left hand leads directly to the heart. I find it a very poetic idea. And that's why I only wear nail polish on my left ring finger.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

In popular culture, when women compete, it's usually over a man, and it's usually very nasty. And that is just frankly not my experience. That's just some kind of popular mythology, it feels like. I find it insulting.

As a reader with next to no knowledge of classical mythology, I approached 'The Aeneid' just as I would a contemporary poem or novel - and, despite my ignorance, I was rewarded with a rich and affecting portrait of, among other things, the memorably doomed love affair between Aeneas and Dido.

If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

The criteria for writing mythological books are different. Because the results are known, the end is known. Somebody has created that limit and you have to play within that limit.

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

Do I believe in the devil? I don't believe in a figure with horns and a tail.

For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.

To encounter 'Beowulf' is like taking a sledgehammer to a quarry face. You must bang in there.

From comedy, mythology, and drama to reality show, I have never stopped myself from taking risks.