18th May 2012, 01:11 PM
[quote=Jack]Grin. Been reading too much of the Ulster cycles or the Mabinogion?
Fraid so, I do have a weakness for all myths and legends as I think ( with serious limitations) they do give glimpses into the very different ways of thinking our ancestors may have had. It is sometimes very sobering to try and put yourself into the shoes of people who totally believed in magic and the reality of other worlds that could be crossed into. Of course there are plenty of people who do the same in modern cultures, sometimes I think of Cyber Space as the equivalent of Avalon
. Thats without even touching on religious belief (best left not touched !!!!)
Fraid so, I do have a weakness for all myths and legends as I think ( with serious limitations) they do give glimpses into the very different ways of thinking our ancestors may have had. It is sometimes very sobering to try and put yourself into the shoes of people who totally believed in magic and the reality of other worlds that could be crossed into. Of course there are plenty of people who do the same in modern cultures, sometimes I think of Cyber Space as the equivalent of Avalon
. Thats without even touching on religious belief (best left not touched !!!!)