Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients. The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience.
- ISBN10 0776616609
- ISBN13 9780776616605
- Publish Date 19 May 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint University of Ottawa Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 181
- Language English
- URL http://press.uottawa.ca/myths-we-live-by