Myths Running Through Us...
I have been viewing bit by bit some common myths shared by many. "Parallel Myths" by J. F.. Bierlein covers our worldly myths by categories and brings us a tidy connection of myths as history based influences on our thinking. Creation Myths are some we have maybe thought about. We have also seen biblical documentaries on the Flood Myths. There are myths on death, morality, love, heroism, and the Apocalypse.
For me it is important to read the multiple sources of these myths knowing they have some truth basis, or else they would not have been important in so many cultures. Today culture and cultural history are often ignored or subject to obliteration; which I personally think is unfortunate.
I do like a stanza from Psalms 78:1-7, stanza four quoted in the section 7 of Morality Tales in this book:
"he gave our ancestors strict orders
to teach it to their children;
the next generation was to learn it,
the children still to be born. "
History and culture together form a basis for educating our children. Teaching our history and culture, and in the United States we find a potpourri of cultures, in no way prevents our children from questioning and looking for improvements; but will assist them in the process of making changes with respect to the collective past. Many of those who lived before this generation also had valuable ideas and lived lives in support of their families, neighbors, and citizenry.
K. B. Pellegrino, Author
For me it is important to read the multiple sources of these myths knowing they have some truth basis, or else they would not have been important in so many cultures. Today culture and cultural history are often ignored or subject to obliteration; which I personally think is unfortunate.
I do like a stanza from Psalms 78:1-7, stanza four quoted in the section 7 of Morality Tales in this book:
"he gave our ancestors strict orders
to teach it to their children;
the next generation was to learn it,
the children still to be born. "
History and culture together form a basis for educating our children. Teaching our history and culture, and in the United States we find a potpourri of cultures, in no way prevents our children from questioning and looking for improvements; but will assist them in the process of making changes with respect to the collective past. Many of those who lived before this generation also had valuable ideas and lived lives in support of their families, neighbors, and citizenry.
K. B. Pellegrino, Author
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