Does Myth play a role in your neopaganism and how do you view myth as a whole
Would you study myth to find out about gods or maybe to get information on Pagan theology? Would you see myth as similar to the bible, stories intended to impart religious belief? or maybe as just stories from a long time ago?
Mythology plays a large role in my neopaganism, second only to folklore and Id look at it for information on gods and how the people of the day might have seen the world around them.
Personally I see it as fiction though, not a religious expression and Id put it well into the historical christian era. To me its essentially fiction that uses indigenous motifs as well as motifs from continental lit. Id say it also has political propaganda and biblical dogma in there too. I try and understand all those things and sift through the different beliefs implied outside the narrative of the stories.
Would you study myth to find out about gods or maybe to get information on Pagan theology? Would you see myth as similar to the bible, stories intended to impart religious belief? or maybe as just stories from a long time ago?
Mythology plays a large role in my neopaganism, second only to folklore and Id look at it for information on gods and how the people of the day might have seen the world around them.
Personally I see it as fiction though, not a religious expression and Id put it well into the historical christian era. To me its essentially fiction that uses indigenous motifs as well as motifs from continental lit. Id say it also has political propaganda and biblical dogma in there too. I try and understand all those things and sift through the different beliefs implied outside the narrative of the stories.
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