Learning to Teach

We understand myths to be ancient stories that have been passed down. Although that does bear some truth, it wouldn't be totally correct, as it's a vague statement that doesn't take into consideration the way contemporaries have shaped myth. But in short, myth is a story that explains phenomena. Stories that have stood against times long enough to become ancient fiction. In my opinion, the really really good myths have all become religions. Reading and studying myth is just as powerful as writing it. But when you’re writing something that you know to be utterly false, you are now the divine creator capable of wielding power to whichever magnitude. The power of fiction, but more importantly the power of narratives, serves both its creators and its consumers. A potent enough story could serve as a weapon to the one telling it. How we wield the lessons taught in these myths is how we are remembered. The story of Christ coming out of the mouth of a priest may sound more beautif...