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Mythology and fantasy are drastically different things. Meaning, purpose, context, are very important for understanding art, of course. We live in a time when

Mythology and fantasy are drastically different things. Meaning, purpose, context, are very important for understanding art, of course. We live in a time when adults everywhere will openly exclaim their adoration for fantastical nonsense. They will unabashedly assure you that they simply adore dragons and robots and hobbits, devoid of any purposeful meaning or relation to the world we live in. Almost nobody who loves zombie films, for example, has the first clue what zombies meant when first devised.

dooraven 3y ago
> Mythology and fantasy are drastically different things. Meaning, purpose, context, are very important for understanding art, of course. They are literally the same. Fantasy is just modern mythology and most fantasy is rooted in ancient historical tales or historical events. The Kree-Skrull war for example was based on WWII USA vs Japan. Old mythological stories and religions are based on historical events and switched to entertain. It's almost a certainty that Ramanaya never happened but Indian invasions of Sri Lanaka did happen etc. > Almost nobody who loves zombie films, for example, has the first clue what zombies meant when first devised. Ok and who cares? People don't speak ancient Sanskrit or old English either. Are you going to be complaining people who love English don't have the first clue what English looked like when it was invented.