Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 15:30 |
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># storyteller worth his keep would try to eliminate such analogies. But
># to say that the Samson stories 'derive from' a solar myth or that a
># solar myth 'lies behind' them is to say more than anyone knows.
Pretty much what I believe also. Myths are metaphoric explanations of why
things are as they are. The real value within them is the personal meanings
they have for individuals, and through that, the improvements* those
individuals manifest.
*Yes, I know - "improvement" is subjective.
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