Myths

In the reading The Mountain That Was God, the author talks about how humans have a need to see the mountains in order to have a sacred journey. He also says “there are tails of mythical mountains assuming far more grandeur than any found on map or chart.” This connects the chapter to the discussions in class about myths. A myth is a story that gives us what is ultimately real. This myth about mountains, that are far better than other mountains, came from a myth showing that myths really do have a truth about them. If they did not, have this truth, then people would not want to find these mountains. There must be some truth about it since people have found something very similar to these mountains because if they did not then they would not know what they were looking for. This concept of putting a truth to the myth is called mythic power. We, as humans, have the power to make any myth true by making it true. The humans, who are looking for the mountain that is far better, can find that mountain because of the mythic power.