#The truth in the myth

[vino---delectable]

If you think about it, Vincent was the perfect character to do the confessions ... Like, if any of the other squints or main characters would have came up and confessed that they drunkly said they slept with angela/cam/brennan, I would have been so ticked off...

But knowing Vincent is a well liked, generally respectful young person, and especially since he's so young because younger people have more of the tendency to do stupid things, it makes it easier to forgive him ♥︎

#fi talks #fi rambles #vincent nigel murray #bones (2005) #bonestv #bones tv #bones on fox #bones #ryan cartwright #The truth in the myth #season 6 #6x18

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that local Indonesian mythology says that Orangutans actually have the ability to speak human languages, but choose not to, fearing they would be forced to get jobs and work if were they ever caught (x)

#today i learned #facts #truth #myth #work #animals

[rheasbrvtality]

R TRUTH GOT HIS WRESTLEMANIA MOMENT ❤️

#r truth #the miz #the man the myth the legend #wwe #wrestlemania 40

[blackswaneuroparedux]

After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #quote #literature #fantasy #english #myth #legend #lord of the rings #the simarillion #truth #society #custom #stories

[cup-noodle]

There’s no way ShivRome are twins actually. Shiv would’ve absorbed Roman in the womb first chance she got

#twin truthing myth debunked #(this isn’t serious btw. y’all keep on truthing) #((but you can’t tell me it’s not true)) #roman roy #shiv roy #roy siblings #succession #succession hbo #noodle rambles #roy twins (placeholder tag)

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

sometimes people try to make Star Wars science fiction and that's where they go wrong

#sw #star wars #it's not sci fi it's an old old story #older than the hills #it's a fairytale and it's a myth and it's the Truth #that's why it does so well

[petrichara]

There comes a moment, a few years forward. Precision of memory fails. The exact cadence of their voice, light of their eyes, the way they made their tea. You catch yourself in the midst of a story; you don’t know the next words. They’re not here to ask. Immortalised in grief, they are myth and memory.

#my dad is memory and myth #aren’t parents always #then one dies when you’re a kid and you understand why stories are told generation after generation until words blur and the truth is a wish #parents are gods when you’re 4 #the biggest strongest bravest wisest #and sometimes they scare you #and sometimes their death leaves you alone in a church #the body is cold and the sky is too in December #and it’s not god you’re looking to for answers #it is December and the sun is gone #I wish you were here #I love you always #grief

[kketisha]

"I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus.

#The Myth of Sisyphus #albert camus #quotes #happy #philosophy #life #psychology #hope #life lessons #individuality #truth #literature #camus #algeria #the stranger #french #art

[inkperch]

...i can't be the only one annoyed that the discussions surrounding Circe all assume she'd have slept with him if he didn't turn her down, right.

Like.

She had a knife.

The only thing that was ever getting penetrated in that scene was Odysseus' spleen-

#Plus like. Okay I'll be honest I Do Not Give A Shit about the original myths take here #But in the context of Epic? Circe was offering her body because she THOUGHT ODYSSEUS WAS THERE TO ASSAULT HER DAUGHTERS- #Sexually or violently its not entirely clear but she's obviously leaning towards the former #“you've given me no reason to trust you”+“the truth is revealed in acts of lust”+planning to stab him if hes into it+helps him when decline #=she thought he was a rapist and was willing to put herself at risk to get close enough to him to protect her nymphs #epic the musical #circe #circe saga

[briefbestiary]

The Devourer of the Dead. She who sits idly near the scales, waiting until truth finds a heavy heart for her maw.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #egyptian mythology #ammit #ammut #ahemait #the duat #hall of truth #weighing of the heart #devourer of the dead #goddess

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

Dinner table scene in 3x13 please!!!

Thank you so much for the ask, @tailoredshirt!

Oh, this scene. A lot of very honest, vulnerable moments to choose from. But I was drawn to this part because, if you look closely, his hands seem to be trembling a little bit…

His nerves and anxiety threatening to get the best of him as he confesses to this insecurity.

Unedited Gif Game

#tarlos #911 lone star #tk strand #carlos reyes #tk x carlos #3x13 #riddle of the sphynx #ask game #tailoredshirt #my911ls #mythings #911ls truth #rmd tracks #unedited gif game

[castilestateofmind]

#junger #ernst junger #myth #reality #jung #joseph campbell #mircea eliade #alain de benoist #europe #nature #hyperborea #gods #Walter Otto #mythology #european mythology #mythos #truth #eternal reality #rene guenon

[verdantlyviolet]

Thinking thoughts about the “all worship is valid and the gods are always kind and myths are fake” idea.

People — including me! — love to speak on how the theoi appear and the physical influence we believe they’ve had on our lives.

Except the ancients right? The ones who wrote the myths we know based on their beliefs? For some reason their worship isn’t valid, their stories aren’t valid, their myths to explain their beliefs and experiences aren’t valid because they don’t match with modern sentiment.

#Myths aren’t 100% truth that’s why they’re called myths #but the double standard is hilarious #Basically thinking about the myth of placating Apollon Linos and Psamathe to explain a plague that hit Argos after their deaths #Just thinking out loud

[clockworkbee]

“When history fails to shed light on the truth, myth creates its own.”

—from The Priory of The Orange Tree

#the priory of the orange tree #quotes #tpotot #the roots of chaos #samantha shannon #myths #truth #history

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"There's a distinction to be drawn between those who claim to have access to revealed truth and therefore claim to know what happens to us after we're dead on the basis of a text, whether it's a Koran or a Holy Bible, which is nonsensical.

If they want to believe it then fine but they mustn't push it down our throats and they mustn't tell me who I'm allowed to go to bed with and who I'm not allowed to go to bed with. It's not acceptable. Anybody who wants to tell me what happens to me after I'm dead is either a liar or a fool because they DON'T. KNOW."

-- Stephen Fry

It's not merely that they don't know, it's that they can't know.

#Stephen Fry #revealed truth #revelation #life after death #afterlife #bible #quran #christianity #islam #myth of an afterlife #religion #religion is a mental illness

[greekmythcomix]

The essay question most likely to be asked on Odysseus is ‘how good a leader is Odysseus’ or ‘how responsible for his men is Odysseus’ and the answer, based on the text, is *always* ‘not very’

Here is a Basic Essay plan:

~FOR his being a good leader /responsible:

- tries to get them to leave Ismarus after attacking Cicones

- gets his men back from the Lotus-Eaters, using force in their best interests

- makes stops to take on food and water and ensures crews are well fed, so much so they vote him extra in thanks

- saves his remaining men from Polyphemus by clever thinking and action

- always shares food and loot equally with his men

- after several search parties come to sticky ends, he puts himself into the party and draws lots for fairness

- refuses to abandon his crew to Circe’s magic

- follows Hermes’ instructions to ensure his men are saved from being pigs (yes technically this means sleeping with Circe too)

- chooses not to tell his crew about the dangers of Scylla because he thinks it will cause unnecessary panic

- does tell them not to eat Hyperion’s cattle and tries to prevent them all from dying by begging help from the gods

- gives motivational speeches to try and improve morale (“my friends! We are utterly lost!” 😂)

- can carry *really* heavy stags on his own😉

- is such a responsible leader he attempts to stay awake for days on end to steer them home, and his men only make incredibly bad decisions (opening bag of winds, killing Hyperion’s cattle) when he’s not there to stop them

~AGAINST his being a good leader/being responsible:

- even though he tries to get his crews to leave Ismarus, they refuse, essentially mutinying, and he lets them = questionable authority

- puts his men unnecessarily in danger by insisting on exploring Polyphemus’ island even though they’ve already taken on food and water and even though he has ‘a bad feeling about it’, because their *might* be guest gifts, thus kudos, in it for him

- continues to put his crew in danger by revealing their location having escaped from blinded Polyphemus in order to claim kudos from having been the one to blind him

- continues to put his crews in danger by shouting out *again*, after they’ve narrowly escaped being sunk the first time, in order to further insult the cyclops, resulting in a curse that ends all their lives despite his men *begging* him to shut up

- puts his own life in danger by insisting on hearing the sirens, thus endangering his crew by removing their leader and putting them in the difficult position of refusing his orders (when he begs to be untied)

- doesn’t tell them what’s in the bag from Aeolus… although they should probably assume he’d share it with them if it was loot, because he has set a precedent for always doing that, by not telling them he creates confusion, leading to their mistake of opening it

- doesn’t stop the rest of the ships from entering the harbour at Telepylos, even though he moors outside = again questionable authority

- abandons 11 ships to the Laestrygonians because he cannot save them (ok he didn’t know they were monster cannibals but still, responsibility)

- chooses a more dangerous route when given a choice by Circe, because Jason’s already ‘done’ the Clashing Rocks and Scylla & Charybdis are unclaimed = more kudos for him again, adding to his personal kleos

- fails to prepare his crew for the dangers of Scylla & Charybdis instead choosing to sacrifice some of their lives for his and the rest of the crew’s (return to in Evaluation)

- absents himself at the crucial moment of their desperation in Hyperion’s island, ostensibly to pray for help, but knowing what Eurylochus is likely to do ie: go against his orders and kill the forbidden cattle

(If I’ve missed out some points I may add more later)

~EVALUATION

- although he can’t possibly be expected to know what’s coming (eg: Laestrygonians being monster cannibals), perhaps he should have taken more stock of the way things were going

- arguably, sacrificing some lives for the majority is one of those horribly difficult decisions of leadership, so this might even be admirable (?)

- he does question every decision he makes in order to choose what he considers to be the best course of action…

- …unless if it involves his own kudos, which is his priority

~CONCLUSION

- although he is not without leadership ability, Odysseus arguably makes too many decisions in his own favour, and is directly responsible for the loss of (12 ships x c.50crew each) c.600men, plus uncounted enslaved people from Troy

- and whereas some decisions made by his crew/men can be blamed for events (not leaving Ismarus, opening Aeolus’ bag, killing Hyperion’s cattle), that Odysseus doesn’t/can’t stop them suggests a lack of leadership on his part and/or a lack of trust in him from his men, and, on these events, we *only have Odysseus’s word for it*, as the sole survivor and narrator of these books, which are being narrated for the dual purpose of entertaining the Phaeacians and gaining sympathy from them so that they will help him get home and this is potentially an unreliable source that, like Odysseus himself*, simply cannot be trusted.

*due to his portrayal in every other literary text containing him as a character

I should end this by saying I LOVE Odysseus as a character. He is ‘meaty’, meaning there’s so much that can be discussed when it comes to him. If anything, he’s an annoyingly enjoyable antihero, like Milton’s Satan, or Shakespeare’s Richard III. Though he’s not a tragic hero and is only a ‘hero’ by Ancient Greek terms, *not* modern:

https://youtu.be/rXTecz3PN18

#let’s all take a moment to enjoy a measured and considered response #odyssey #Odysseus #greek mythology #Homer #essay plan #classical civilisation #gcse classics #gcse revision #greek myth #in truth I love him he’s my bestie