Who Can Possess Political Truth?
February 23, 2024
Robert D. Kaplan— Tiresias, the old, blind seer, the prophet who knows better than anyone else the will of the gods, is a recurring character in Greek mythology. “Mine is… READ MORE
Tag: mythology
Landscapes of Creation
June 21, 2021
Anthony Aveni— Where did it all come from? What are we doing here? What will happen to us? There’s Genesis—a creation story (actually, an amalgam of stories) told in the… READ MORE
Political Obligation: An Ancient Illustration
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Judith N. Shklar— Obligation may lead to conflict. It implies, on one hand, the duty to obey the law, to keep promises, to follow social rules generally, because society depends… READ MORE
A Maya Child’s Tale: The Origin of the Sun
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Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos— In his field diary entry of October 30, 1960, ethnographer Marcelo Díaz de Salas wrote down a brief story that he’d been told by Miguelito, a young… READ MORE
Hawthorn Power in Fairy Tales, the Cult of the Virgin, and the Cult of the Undead
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Bill Vaughn— In “Hawthorn Blossom,” the Brothers Grimm rewriting of the folk story Sleeping Beauty, a queen is informed by a frog that the royal couple finally will have a… READ MORE
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