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Marcus J. Borg Quote

I have been told that the German novelist Thomas Mann defined a myth (a particular kind of metaphorical narrative) as a story about the way things never were, but always are. So, is a myth true? Literally true, no. Really true, yes.

Marcus J. Borg

I have been told that the German novelist Thomas Mann defined a myth (a particular kind of metaphorical narrative) as a story about the way things never were, but always are. So, is a myth true? Literally true, no. Really true, yes.

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