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MYTHPHILE: All the Myth that's fit to print
http://www.mythphile.com
- Author: Greekgeek
- Listed in: Culture Spirituality
- Tags: pagan storytelling myth mythology depth psychology folkore
- Added on: Feb 6th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Mythology has captivated the imagination, taught lessons to live by, and provided a sense of meaning, magic, and shared identity for nearly every human society on the planet since long before scribes started taking notes from bards. The web is a brand-new medium for bardic arts and sharing "myths to live by," as Joseph Campbell would say. Pull up a log around the world wide campfire, or a chair in the blogosphere feast hall. I'm going to tell you a story.
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Greek Myth: Demeter and Persephone
Of Lady Demeter, goddess of the golden grain, I sing, and her fair-ankled daughter Persephone whom the ancients addressed as Kore, The Maiden, in whose laughter is the promise of spring. Now Kore was playing away from the protection of her mother, ...
Announcement: New Domain/Blogname
All right! Thank you everyone for your votes and suggestions. After due consideration, this blog will now be named: Mythphile since it is a file of myths and myth-cellaneous mythology-related musings. The ending -phile comes from Greek philia, “...
Poll: What Should I Rename My Blog?
As I mentioned, this blog is about to undergo a name change, but I’m still trying to think of something clever. To keep track of votes, I’ve created a poll here where you can suggest a new name as well as vote (click the up-arrow). I like...
The Atlantis Legend
(Syncroblog suggested by Mahud: Theme “Landscapes”) I’ll tell you a story about Atlantis, the Lost Land. Once upon a time, a Greek philosopher named Plato was writing about his mentor Socrates and their circle of learned friends. S...
I Have Made a Myth-Take!
I thought I was being both original and clever with this title, to misquote Frodo in the “Conspiracy Unmasked” chapter of Fellowship of the Ring. Alas, it turns out I have been clever, but not original. Behold: Mythprint, the monthly new...
