This happened in a corporate white elephant gift exchange. One of the gifts was a beautiful small Ganesh statue in an equally beautiful box that explained what Ganesh is. The recipient had a melt down refusing to take the gift, and explaining loudly that it was offensive and inappropriate. But in the same event, a Jesus action figure was accepted gladly.
Deltasims on
All memes that take mythological tales at face value can fuck right off.
That includes Greek, Roman, Persian, Gaelic, Germanic, Hindu and Chinese mythology.
It also includes taking religious scripture at face value. Go to r/dankchristianmemes if you want to make a meme out of the Old Testament.
The only instance of mythology memes that should appear on this sub is when beliefs in a certain mythology/religion influenced documented historical events
Cefalopodul on
That’s because Noah’s great flood, Gilgabro and the Odyssey are rooted in actual historical fact (such as for example the Black Sea deluge which at the time was a cataclysmic flood for people on the shores). Indian mythology on the other hand is rooted in really powerful halucinogenics.
VoteGiantMeteor2028 on
I think we all have to wrestle with Herodotus’ dilemma, which is trying to explain history as a factual occurrence while the stories we’re told contain embellishments or hyperbole.
Even an Egyptologist like Bob Brier liked drawing from both Bible and ancient Greek sources to frame an explanation of Egyptology (like the Exodus of Jews). The fact that we have stories that help explain or give context to evidence we have found is really awesome, and makes history come alive.
Even now we have to fight the Great Man Myths of George Washington or Churchill to prevent them from becoming the reason why everything in history went the way it did.
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This happened in a corporate white elephant gift exchange. One of the gifts was a beautiful small Ganesh statue in an equally beautiful box that explained what Ganesh is. The recipient had a melt down refusing to take the gift, and explaining loudly that it was offensive and inappropriate. But in the same event, a Jesus action figure was accepted gladly.
All memes that take mythological tales at face value can fuck right off.
That includes Greek, Roman, Persian, Gaelic, Germanic, Hindu and Chinese mythology.
It also includes taking religious scripture at face value. Go to r/dankchristianmemes if you want to make a meme out of the Old Testament.
The only instance of mythology memes that should appear on this sub is when beliefs in a certain mythology/religion influenced documented historical events
That’s because Noah’s great flood, Gilgabro and the Odyssey are rooted in actual historical fact (such as for example the Black Sea deluge which at the time was a cataclysmic flood for people on the shores). Indian mythology on the other hand is rooted in really powerful halucinogenics.
I think we all have to wrestle with Herodotus’ dilemma, which is trying to explain history as a factual occurrence while the stories we’re told contain embellishments or hyperbole.
Even an Egyptologist like Bob Brier liked drawing from both Bible and ancient Greek sources to frame an explanation of Egyptology (like the Exodus of Jews). The fact that we have stories that help explain or give context to evidence we have found is really awesome, and makes history come alive.
Even now we have to fight the Great Man Myths of George Washington or Churchill to prevent them from becoming the reason why everything in history went the way it did.