Myths and legends...why the obsession? From the mythological creatures of dragons, griffins, giant sea serpents to the human formed like sorcerers, angels, demons, dwarfs, mermaids et cetera, et cetera. Why, I seem to have always been so drawn to such ancient tall tales myself. Rather intriguing yet repulsive at times. Ugh! with some monstrous descriptions. So the magical scene has been re-alighted in pop culture with Harry Potter...Lord of the Rings...Merlin, the movie and the more current BBC series...and more, moving into the gaming world for example World of Warcraft commonly known as WOW, Diablo I, II and coming soon III!!!...and a lot more!
So...the fanciful world, so adoring I could go on about each creature that I've ever heard about maybe for a short while. Shall I begin then?
No, actually can't be bother. Maybe some other time or maybe not at all. If magic and mythology is what floats your boat then Wikipedia is all you need! Not the ideal resource and definitely shouldn't be encouraged coming from a uni student but eh, what can you do? In my first ever semester of uni even a lecture once said,
"...strange, how you can replace your entire six years of high school education with Wikipedia."What's there to talk about then?
...Right, the "obsession". I seem to have realised I pose too many questions in my posts and never answer them but that really is because all my rambling is solely opinion.
"Without data you're just another person with an opinion." famous statistician, W. Edwards Deming.For all I know, I may know nothing.
So back to the "obsession." So why the myths? and why the legends? Hm... I suppose the answer is it is a way to escape. To go away to somewhere different, unbelievable, fanciful...adventurous and daring! To be someone we're not.
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