Chapter 46. Ronald McDonald is related to Luke Skywalker
A myth is a story with symbolic elements that represents a culture’s ideals.
Consider, for example, a familiar story in our culture: Little Red Riding Hood. This myth started as a peasants’ tale in sixteenth-century France, where a girl meets a werewolf on her way to granny’s house. (There is historical evidence for a plague of wolf attacks during this time, including several incidents where men were tried for allegedly transforming themselves into the deadly animals.) The werewolf has already killed granny, stored her flesh in the pantry, and poured her blood in a bottle. Contrary to the version we know, however, when the girl arrives at the house, she snacks on granny, strips naked, and ...
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