Myths are everywhere. They constantly intersect with our daily lives. They can be attached to a religious tradition, like the story of Passover, or they can be free-floating on the ether, like the un-dead urban myth of razorblades in Halloween apples. A myth survives because people believe it. So for my money, the question to ask about a myth is not “is it true or false?” but “Where did it come from?” “Why do people believe it’s true?” “What purpose does it serve?” So get your myths busted on the Discovery Channel, or debunked elsewhere, but come to the Mythographer if you want to stalk around after them like a private investigator with an open mind, a sketch pad, and a long memory.
