Need Myth Help!

Introducing people of all ages to mythology... in pre-college educational curricula, youth orgs, the media, etc. Share your knowledge, stories, unit and lesson plans, techniques, and more.

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Need Myth Help!

Post by maryna »

Hello all!
I am looking for myths from different cultures about refugees, wanderers and outsiders. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

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Post by Clemsy »

You know maryna, I sat here working your question until I realized that hero myths are usually about just that: wanderers, refugees, and outsiders. Theseus, Perseus, Odysseus, Aeneas, Moses, Abraham, Jesus, Sinbad. Knights of the Round Table? Johnny Appleseed?... One or more of those terms apply to each at some point in their stories, no?
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Post by Ercan2121 »

Maryna,
We can have tons of suggestions however the first thing they once told me
about myths is that this business cannot be a quick-fix :)

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Post by alcala.victor »

I am partially new at the JCF. I need help finding Myths that would help me in my life.

I am not just looking for a book with myths (there are 100s) but one with some explanations-interpretations.

I have read and watched, over and over, "The Power of Myth", listening all sorts of JC's interviews and recently bought the "The Mythic Journey". Still, some myths without the authors interpretation still do not make sense to me.

By the way, I have purchased "Facing Fate, Finding a Destiny" by Machael Meade but it has not arrived yet. Do you think that would be a good one to start with?

Thank you ALL; love this site, love the people around it!

Victor Alcala
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Post by Andreas »

Hello alcala and welcome.
I am partially new at the JCF. I need help finding Myths that would help me in my life.
Just find the ones that are meaningful to you. This forum is definitely the right place. :)
I am not just looking for a book with myths (there are 100s) but one with some explanations-interpretations.
As far as I know the best interpretation is the one you make for yourself but Joseph Campbell Myths to Live By, Pathways to Bliss and Christopher Volger The Writer's Journey, helped me a lot understand myths and my own myth.

Hope this helps,
Laters.
“To live is enough.” ― Shunryu Suzuki

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Post by alcala.victor »

How did you discover your own myth/s? Did you find them reading?
How did you feel before and after?

I see how I am in the wrong track... every 2-3 years I came back to the same situation.

Thank you for the list! I am going to start with "Myths to Live By".

Have a nice evening!

Cheers,
Victor

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Post by alcala.victor »

I do not find my call, neither my bliss. Even thinking about my childhood, I do not find a key to for my bliss, not even a sort of happiness. It seams to my that I have lost my call at a very young age.

Any suggestions, comments?

thanks ALL!
Victor

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Post by Andreas »

There that should do it. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbyA9fQUolk

In another post Ercan said something very wise.
We can have tons of suggestions however the first thing they once told me
about myths is that this business cannot be a quick-fix
So yeah reading, struggling, exploring, all part of the game. ;)
“To live is enough.” ― Shunryu Suzuki

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Post by alcala.victor »

I makes feel better knowing others have gone through the same pains.

Andreas, thank you for your time. I am reading know "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius and also took from the library a book of D.Chopra. He was in "The Mythic Journey Documentary"
keep in touch!

THANK YOU!

P.s. Watching the link now!

Cheers,
Victor

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Post by alcala.victor »

I just watched the link. The message was very clear" read myths"
talk to you soon.

Cheers,
Victor

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Post by tbeusse »

I'm not sure these will help you out personally, but here are a few of my favorites.

Anansi the Spider

The Ballad of Oisin

Cuchlainn

Candide

The Labors of Hercules

Star Wars

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