Aug 3rd, 2010
So the Mythographer has recently moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, from the bucolic reaches of upper Manhattan. I make this announcement with some measure of caution, though I’m excited for my new digs, because when you say “I live in Jersey,” especially to New Yorkers, you get a lot of scorn. Jersey is of [...]
Jul 14th, 2009
As if to answer my prayers for mythography inspiration, the always-genius NPR program On The Media stepped into my vacation-induced void with their July 3rd program all about debunking national myths. Some of their debunking targets: Rosa Parks as meek older lady whose feet were just too tired to move to the back of the [...]
May 27th, 2009
Recently the Mythographer’s Mom passed on an PowerPoint presentation of dubious provenance which claimed that, come August, the planet Mars would be so close to Earth that it would appear spectacularly large and bright at night, the size of another full moon. Said Mom, “Wow!” The planets are vast myth repositories, especially the Red Planet. [...]
Apr 11th, 2009
Myths are everywhere. They constantly intersect with our daily lives. They can be attached to a religious tradition, like the story of the parting of the Red Sea, or they can be free-floating on the ether, like razorblades in Halloween apples. A myth survives because people believe it. You can disprove a myth, and people [...]