Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors. (Joseph Campbell)

Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors.

Joseph Campbell

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