Myths and Legends Quotes

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.

When I was In high school, I became interested in Greek mythology. I had to know all about the exact dates of all the history.

The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.

There used to be a time when the idea of heroes was important. People grew up sharing those myths and legends and ideals. Now they grow up sharing McDonalds and Disneyland.

I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.

Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. There are no heretics in Nature's church; all are believers, all are communicants. The beauty of natural religion is that you have it all the time; you do not have to seek it afar off in myths and legends, in catacombs, in garbled texts, in miracles of dead saints or wine-bibbing friars. It is of today; it is now and here; it is everywhere.

I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

When we come back to fantasy, I think we're actually coming back to the real bedrock of storytelling. Our national or international genre really is fantasy, if you think about the worldwide myths and legends and stories that we all know, whether we're talking about Little Red Riding Hood or the Arabian Nights or Noah's Ark or Hercules. These are stories that cross many cultures in much the same way that dragons cross many cultures.

I like mythology - anything historical.