Modern Mythologies
Stories to take us to the stars
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6 min readMay 1, 2023
I love mythology. It’s part of the reason I studied history. To understand the complex people, societies, and cultures you need to understand their mythologies too. For example, what kind of culture creates a pantheon as violent and incestuous as the Greek Pantheon? Our mythologies are mirrors of our societies, highlighting our flaws and anxieties back at us.