Theory and Practice of Myth

I know this is from week 1, but it’s been eating at me. So the more I’ve thought on this, the more I do see similarities between the Dude and Sisyphus. Neither really care. Sisyphus is fine, I dare say happy, with pushing his boulder up the incline. And the Dude, well he just “abides”. […]

The story from Herodotus I referenced in week 1 is chapter 107 of book 1. “Astyages had a daughter, whom he called Mandane: he dreamed that she urinated so much that she filled his city and flooded all of Asia.  He communicated this vision to those of the Magi who interpreted dreams, and when he […]