Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.
Ashley MadauMots clés dragons vampires dragon myths vampire mermaids werewolves werewolf mermaid-romance childhood-stories morningside
But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver.
No, said Tolkien, they are not.
...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth.
We have come from God (continued Tolkien), and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming a 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.
You mean, asked Lewis, that the story of Christ is simply a true myth, a myth that works on us in the same way as the others, but a myth that really happened? In that case, he said, I begin to understand.
Mots clés myth tolkien myths christ c-s-lewis splintered-light sub-creator true-myth
You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth.
Humphrey CarpenterMots clés creativity invention myths
After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'.
J.R.R. TolkienMots clés inspirational writing myths legends
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth — often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.
HypatiaMots clés truth belief fight miracles teaching fables indoctrination myths misdirection fantasies intangible superstitions refutation
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.
Men are like busses. I mean, you wait for ages and ages, and when one does finally come along you can't get on. And that bit about them coming in threes, well, that's just a myth.
Eleanor PrescottIt's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star.
I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...
John GeddesMots clés mysteries fairy-tales revelation myths legends
Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough.
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