he [Hādēs] gave her, stealthily, the honey-sweet berry of the pomegranate to eat, peering around him.43 He did not want her to stay for all time over there, at the side of her honorable mother
This really got me wondering, why does eating the pomegranate force Persephone to stay in the underworld? I am wondering due to this what pomegranate symbolize and why does this have so much power?
seized her against her will, put her on his golden chariot, 20 And drove away as she wept.
This seemed significant to my eyes when I first read this because Persephone has been taken against her own will. This is now turning the whole meaning of the myth to something a lot darker and a very serious meaning behind it. This also got me thinking that myths cab feel things that real humans feel like not being able to be in control of certain situations or feeling separated from a loved one. These are feelings that us humans I feel like feel all the time so I thought it was interesting that these myths can connect to the same feelings. The other feeling that they can relate to is feeling sad since she "wept" as they went away, that is something real humans do very often.
encouraged to respond in ways that express how these fundamental truths align with their own experiences, beliefs, observations, and values.
I actually really liked what they were going for here how they were connecting myths to people today. I feel like even though the cultures are different, I feel like the ideas overall and the experiences are able to be related to one another.
It may refer to an internal, abstract, conceptual or emotional (invisible) reality.
I found this really interesting and unusual. It was strange that myths don't describe like real events, I guess is the best way to put it. Instead they represent more emotion and maybe beliefs. This got me thinking, if myths are not necessarily true, would this mean it could be true just in a much deeper meaning than the naked eye can see without thinking more into it?
“What does our great historical hunger satisfy, our clutching about us if countless other cultures, our consuming desire for knowledge, if not the loss of myth, of a mythic home, the mythic womb?”
The way I am interpreting this quote is that people are saying that they feel lost without myths. So I am thinking that we study other cultures to try and find meaning again. This got me thinking that myths are more important than just stories. I feel like they help people feel maybe more connected?