It would be very easy to say that role-playing games are popular because of the apparent lack of myth in the society. In fact, from initial observation this would be the case. People flock to role-playing games, or RPGs, in order to interact with fantasy stories, not just read about them. A little further probing reveals that the games are essentially outlets for mythmaking. By assuming another identity, a person… Continue reading
Prefabricated Mythologies: Dungeons & Dragons and Myth-Making
Author: PriscillaJul 28
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Filed under: Essays, Fairy Tales, Popular Culture | Tagged as: Dungeons & Dragons, fairy tales, mythopoesis
Reshaping “Cupid and Psyche” into Twilight: Mythopoesis and the Demon Lover
Author: PriscillaJul 28
In Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Marie-Louise von Franz makes a passing comment linking the myth of “Cupid and Psyche” to the fairy tale of “Beauty and the Beast,” citing that they both have the same archetypal story of the extremely beautiful girl who gains the attention of a forbidden figure, whom she is expected to love without ever properly beholding him. In the case of Psyche, the lover is a… Continue reading
Filed under: Essays, Fairy Tales, mythology, Popular Culture | Tagged as: Cupid and Psyche, demon lover, mythopoesis, Twilight
Joseph Campbell and my Mythopoetic Workshop
Author: PriscillaMay 30
Yesterday, I lead a roundtable for a local study group The Hubs and I have been participating in for awhile now. The group started as a study of the Manly P. Hall book, The Secret Teaching of All Ages, but when the book ran out, it was time to find something else to do. The idea of a Joseph Campbell… Continue reading