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Mythology



Myths are more than entertaining folklore: they are sacred stories that help pass on a culture’s ideology, world view, and customs. Focusing on humankind’s relationship to the natural and supernatural world, myths offer interpretations on what it means to be human. Studying the myths of our ancestors around the globe can help us connect to the universal human condition, and creating new myths for ourselves help us make sense of and gain power from our lived experiences.

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Myths to Live By

What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making...

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TOP 15 Scariest Creatures Monsters in Norse Mythology

Some of the most interesting characters in Norse mythology are not the powerful gods. But rather the creatures that constantly appear to challenge the gods and terrorise men.

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Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them

"The soul never thinks without an image," claimed Aristotle. Indeed, as Angeles Arrien displays in this reissued edition of Signs of Life, shapes have significant psychological and mythological meanings embedded in our minds.

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The Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey?

Campbell claimed his theory, which has gone on to influence everything from Star Wars to Disney’s Aladdin, arose from a universal structure inherent in the global myths of antiquity. The problem is, that’s a lie. Campbell’s theory is as mythological as the stories from which it borrows.

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Finding Joe

A truly inspirational film, Finding Joe explores the studies of famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. Take a journey through the human psyche and discover the pattern hidden in every story.

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Oliver Sacks on Humans and Myth-making

Oliver Sacks on humans and myth-making.

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Edda (Everyman’s Library)

Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings.

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How Does Marvel's Thor Measure Up to His Norse Counterpart?

With the Marvel Studios films, Thor has gone from one in a long line of mythological heroes people might know to arguably the most popular mythological hero out there. (Sorry, Hercules). But how similar is Marvel's version of Thor to what he was based on, the Thor from Norse mythology?

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The Norse Gods and Goddesses (Intro.)

An introduction to the Norse gods and goddesses, according to our medieval sources (the Poetic/Elder Edda and the Prose/Younger Edda).

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Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples. Provides an introduction to this subject, giving basic outlines to the sagas and stories, and helps identify the character traits of not only the well known but also the lesser gods of the age.

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