✈️ Blog Post #3: Mystic Mythologies
Hi everyone, Creating my own myth definitely helped in enhancing my overall knowledge/studies of mythology. I think—similar to poetry—being able to really immerse myself in the creation process leads to a better understanding of why myths are so timeless. Some of the wacky approaches my classmates took made it feel unique to them and their philosophies, whereas some might have taken a more serious one. Myths stem from an intense need for a question/phenomenon to be answered, and this hasn’t changed since the time of the ancient Greeks. Myths seem to be a natural part of our human psyche as every child grows up with an infamous “myth” story passed down from friends or classmates (for instance, a ghost haunting the bathroom at school, etc). We have been creating myths before we even knew how to define them—heard a sound in the hallway while walking to class as a kid? Must’ve been the dead janitor from years ago haunting the halls! In this way, I think it is beneficial to utilize and conn