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“The world’s myths do not reveal a way to interpret the Gospels, but exactly the reverse: the Gospels reveal to us the way to interpret myth.”

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“Vila the White, Built a City up height, Not in the Heavens, not on the ground, But on the edge of a Cloud, Vila the White, Put defenses the bright: Gold defends the heights, Sun defends the gate, Moon defends the City when it's late, Vila the White, Stood with Sun at sight, Watching what comes from the bay, And saw Lightning and Thunder play, Vila the White, Wed her son on Moon at night, And gave her daughter to Gold, as bride, They have couple brothers, she's their brother's wife.”

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Book:Handsome Yeva: An Indo-European Tale: Reconstruction Based on Balto-Slavic Folklore and Parallels with Other Indo-European Myths

Source: Handsome Yeva: An Indo-European Tale: Reconstruction Based on Balto-Slavic Folklore and Parallels with Other Indo-European Myths

“A lot of things have changed and will change, I can only wish you the best as it happens. Malice”

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Book:The Demonic Trial

Source: The Demonic Trial

“From a medical standpoint, the third and the most probable explanation is that Jesus was indeed dead, and what his disciples experienced were mere hallucinations evoked by the grief over the loss of their beloved teacher. It is clinically known as “Post-Bereavement Hallucinations Experiences” or PBHE.”

Source: Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker

“The resistance to the mimetic contagion prevents the myth from taking shape. The conclusion in the light of the Gospels is inescapable: myths are the voice of communities that unanimously surrender to the mimetic contagion of victimization.”

Mythology Gospel Mimetic Contagion

Author:René Girard

“Literature is still doing the same job that mythology did earlier, but filling in its huge cloudy shapes with sharper lights and deeper shadows.”

Literature Mythology

Book:The Educated Imagination

Source: The Educated Imagination

“It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.”

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Book:Chasing Odysseus

Source: Chasing Odysseus

“Myths are different than fairy tales or legends. Legends are stories based in history and are more or less true. Myths, on the other hand, are stories containing a deeper truth—stories that transcend time. If you were to travel the world, you would find myths that are remarkably similar to one another—stories of heroes fighting the darkness with the light.”

Mythology Legends Fairy Tales Light And Darkness Myths Darkness And Light Mythology Philosophy

Book:Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

Source: Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“In Muspell, at the edge of the flame, where the mist burns into light, where the land ends, stood Surtr, who existed before the gods. He stands there now...It is said that at Ragnarok, which is the end of the world, and only then, Surtr will leave his station. He will go forth from Muspell with his flaming sword and burn the world with fire, and one by one the gods will fall before him.”

Book:Norse Mythology

Source: Norse Mythology

“There are different kinds of love you experience in life. Loving someone differently doesn't mean loving a person less than you love someone else. Love is love.”

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Book:Marker of Hope

Source: Marker of Hope

“If the Gospels were mythical themselves, they could not provide the knowledge that demythologizes mythology.”

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Author:René Girard