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- It is extra-literary.
- The pleasure of myth depends hardly at all on such usual narrative attractions as suspense and surprise.
- Human sympathy is at a minimum. We do not project ourselves strongly into the characters. We feel indeed that the pattern of their movements has a profound relevance to our own life, but we do not imaginatively transport ourselves into theirs.
- Myth is always in one sense of the word “fantastic.” It deals with the impossibles and preternaturals.
- The experience may be sad or joyful but it is always grave. Comic myth is impossible.
- The experience is not only grave but awe-inspiring. Its as if something of great moment had been communicated to us.
Word: Amalgamate [uh-mal-guh-mate]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To combine into a unified whole, unite, to become combined; to mix an alloy with mercury.
Origin: Early 17th century from medieval Latin ‘amalgamare’ – formed into a soft mass.
Example Sentence: The man amalgamated his company with another.
Word: Garrulous [gair-ru-lus]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: given to constant and frivolous chatter, annoyingly talkative, prone to rambling.
Origin: 17th century from Latin ‘garrire’ – to chatter.
Example Sentence: The man was so garrulous that I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.
Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet though you do not see them.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Don’t be ashamed to weep; ‘tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.
Brian Jacques, Taggerung
Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out…
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Acerbity [əˈsɜːbɪtɪ] 