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Post by mouse on Nov 13, 2015 3:55:45 GMT -5
myth and race memory..neither can be discounted and myth is not quite the same as mythology[ie greeks/the hanging gardens of Babylon etc] and myth and race memory cross all human boundries of race..nationality..gender..era etcc etc and have a commonality the so called dark arts also cross all boundries and certain things ie giants/dwarves/wizards/majic/conjuring up the dead.spells etc . race memories includes vitors from space/the heavens a large flood/god or gods speaking to humans etc etc even the Bible[again] hints at happening..gog and magog...giants in the land..the sons of god seeing the daughters of man.....dark being associated with evil..light associates with good its all very fascinating stuff another commonality in humans is ..up until the present[including many today]there is a need for explanations of why we are here..and a need for something greater than we are that is in overall charge,, something to worship and of course something to blame..the wearing of amulets to ward off evil spirits the beliefe in the power of pray from the wearing of a wolfs tooth right through to the wearing of a st Christopher or cross and this need has produced those who fed that need either for good or evil
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Post by beth on Nov 13, 2015 9:24:57 GMT -5
my·thol·o·gy
noun
plural noun: mythologies
1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. "Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology"
synonyms: myth(s), legend(s), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition "no ancient culture is without its mythology"
•a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.
"in popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road"
2. the study of myths.
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Post by beth on Nov 13, 2015 9:27:07 GMT -5
Instead of cluttering the Tai Chi thread, I'll start this one for further discussion of myth and spirituality.
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Post by beth on Nov 13, 2015 9:33:30 GMT -5
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Post by beth on Nov 13, 2015 9:39:13 GMT -5
quote author=" mouse" source="/post/183784/thread" timestamp="1447404945"]myth and race memory..neither can be discounted and myth is not quite the same as mythology[ie greeks/the hanging gardens of Babylon etc] and myth and race memory cross all human boundries of race..nationality..gender..era etcc etc and have a commonality the so called dark arts also cross all boundries and certain things ie giants/dwarves/wizards/majic/conjuring up the dead.spells etc . race memories includes vitors from space/the heavens a large flood/god or gods speaking to humans etc etc even the Bible[again] hints at happening..gog and magog...giants in the land..the sons of god seeing the daughters of man.....dark being associated with evil..light associates with good its all very fascinating stuff another commonality in humans is ..up until the present[including many today]there is a need for explanations of why we are here..and a need for something greater than we are that is in overall charge,, something to worship and of course something to blame..the wearing of amulets to ward off evil spirits the beliefe in the power of pray from the wearing of a wolfs tooth right through to the wearing of a st Christopher or cross and this need has produced those who fed that need either for good or evil[/quote] I believe classical mythology is all part of the same "Power of Myth" ... all from the first story tellers to present day. If we had a pantheon today it would consist of our heroes and villians, just as it did for the Greeks and Romans, Norse and Egyptians ... and indigenous people throughout the world.
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Post by Dex on Nov 13, 2015 10:17:19 GMT -5
When it comes to myth, I like the Norse pantheon and the Native American stories.
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Post by annaj26 on Nov 14, 2015 9:08:35 GMT -5
I like the Norse, Dex. I wonder if the Bible is at least partly myth. Seems possible to me.
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Post by mouse on Nov 14, 2015 10:58:16 GMT -5
I like the Norse, Dex. I wonder if the Bible is at least partly myth. Seems possible to me. possibly myth and facts all intermingled world created in 6days myth imo..Adam and Eve is myth the garden of Eden..myth the Cain and Abel probably myth Noahs ark myth and fact rolled up together Moses and the 10 comandments..myth the plagues of Egypt..fact [but not due to god] plague of locusts probably fact water in the desert probably fact
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Post by mouse on Nov 14, 2015 12:00:42 GMT -5
www.britannia.com/history/h100.htmlMYTH, LEGEND & FOLKLORE Available Resources Britain's vast body of national mythology and local legend is one of the world's richest veins of written and verbally-transmitted literature and has served for centuries as a primary source of artistic inspiration and general enjoyment. a pretty comprehensive site..which is mostly English..but obviously has s/w/ni as well one myth is that Joseph of Aramethia came to England..bringing the much sort after holy grail...or cup which Jesus drank out of at the last supper... and According to a much-loved legend, Christian Glastonbury began with the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea. He figures in the Gospels as a rich disciple who obtained the body of Christ and laid it in the tomb. Some say he was an older kinsman and had brought Jesus here as a boy, perhaps on a trading voyage to Britain. Reputedly, in the years after the Crucifixion, he came to this remote country on a mission with several companions. They made their home in Avalon and remained there as a community of hermits. An offshoot of the legend concerns a local variety of hawthorn known as the Glastonbury Thorn. It is said that Joseph planted his staff in the ground, and it became a tree that blossomed at Christmas. Descendants of a medieval hawthorn on Wearyall Hill actually do blossom at Christmas or thereabouts, While no other English hawthorn does this, there are some that do in the Middle East, including Palestine
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Post by mouse on Nov 14, 2015 12:08:31 GMT -5
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Post by beth on Nov 14, 2015 16:51:35 GMT -5
I like the Norse, Dex. I wonder if the Bible is at least partly myth. Seems possible to me. possibly myth and facts all intermingled world created in 6days myth imo..Adam and Eve is myth the garden of Eden..myth the Cain and Abel probably myth Noahs ark myth and fact rolled up together Moses and the 10 comandments..myth the plagues of Egypt..fact [but not due to god] plague of locusts probably fact water in the desert probably fact I agree in re the Bible. I think it's a mixture ... certainly part of it is myth .. tales handed down from generation to generation. interesting how some of the same themes occur from country to country ... that is, from the Bible to European legend to Native American stories.
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Post by ladylinda on Nov 14, 2015 18:31:56 GMT -5
One of the most fascinating and difficult to explain facts about the Flood is that in Polynesian myth the name of the man saved from the Flood with his family was Nu-u. In China he was called Nuwa. The Celts also had a story of Noe.
There seems to be some particular significance in the similarity of the names among such a wide area of totally different cultures.
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Post by mouse on Nov 15, 2015 3:33:16 GMT -5
seems there was a ginormous flood about 8oo,000 or so years ago...came down from some where near the artic or north Norway that could easily pass for a flood of Biblical proportions and would affect the areasd you've mentioned parts of northen England certainly show rements of a tsunmami...but I do know ive read about it..will see if I can find a reference later this morning]
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Post by annaj26 on Nov 15, 2015 10:12:59 GMT -5
I like the Norse, Dex. I wonder if the Bible is at least partly myth. Seems possible to me. possibly myth and facts all intermingled world created in 6days myth imo..Adam and Eve is myth the garden of Eden..myth the Cain and Abel probably myth Noahs ark myth and fact rolled up together Moses and the 10 comandments..myth the plagues of Egypt..fact [but not due to god] plague of locusts probably fact water in the desert probably fact Those are good examples. Also, the predictions in the book of Revelation are almost surely myth.
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Post by beth on Nov 15, 2015 14:40:14 GMT -5
One of the most fascinating and difficult to explain facts about the Flood is that in Polynesian myth the name of the man saved from the Flood with his family was Nu-u. In China he was called Nuwa. The Celts also had a story of Noe. There seems to be some particular significance in the similarity of the names among such a wide area of totally different cultures. Have you read The Power of Myth or watcxhed the TV special? Campbell goes into the similar names and myths from country to country ... some which would have had no way to communicate with the others over hundreds of years. It's fascinating and gives us a lot to wonder about. It actually lends credibility that there is one central force of some kind that ties everyone together.
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