Re: Myth is not truth

From: contracycle <gamartin_at_...>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:11:58 -0000

> If I HeroQuest, I see through the vision of HeroQuest. I look at
> the sun, I see Elmal. I look at the storm, I see Orlanth. I look at
> Kero Fin, I see the great mother. The earth beneath my feet is
> Ernalda. But only if that is my expectation.

People have been urging that the term relativism should not be employed in this regard; may I ask what term you would use to describe the above behaviour.

> So is one vision fake? If so which? Or are both true? The answer,
> of course, is yes. Elmal is the sun is my truth, Yelm is the sun is
> your truth. Both are provable, through the heroquest. The quest
> challenge allows us to prove which is more true - you bid your
> faith in Yelm against my faith in Elmal, and the winner is proved
> correct. If enough people take part, beliefs can be changed. This
> is part of the hero wars.

Question as per above. How am I supposed to interpret myths that make contradictory claims?

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