C. G. JungThey do not realize that a myth is dead if it no longer lives and grows. Our myth has become mute, and gives no answers.
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A myth is a story that is not based in reality. In other words, a myth is a story that is not about how something actually happened, but rather how the myth explains the world that was created. In Greek mythology, the god Zeus created Mount Olympus as a home for all of his friends and family. The gods lived peacefully on the top of Mount Olympus until a man named Hercules went to the mountain and stole a golden apple from Hera, Zeus’ wife.
Now, this may have been a fact, but it was also a myth. The story of Hercules going to steal an apple from Hera was created so that people would believe in mythological stories.
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