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Myths reveal that the World, man, and life have a supernatural origin and history, and that this history is significant, precious, and exemplary.
Myth and Reality (1963)
Myth is an extremely complex cultural reality, which can be approached and interpreted from various and complementary viewpoints.
Myth and Reality (1963)
In short, myths reveal that the World, man, and life have a supernatural origin and history, and that this history is significant, precious, and exemplary.
Myth and Reality (1963)
What is involved is not a commemoration of mythical events but a reiteration of them.
Myth and Reality (1963)
In one way or another one "lives" the myth, in the sense that one is seized by the sacred, exalting power of the events recollected or re-enacted.
Myth and Reality (1963)
Myths describe the various and sometimes dramatic breakthroughs of the sacred (or the "supernatural") into the World. It is this sudden breakthrough of the sacred that really establishes the World and makes it what it is today. Furthermore, it is as a result of the intervention of Supernatural Beings that man himself is what he is today, a mortal, sexed, and cultural being...
Myth and Reality (1963)