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\"oyan-blog-myths-2-v2-pinterest\"<\/a>By Justin Ferguson, Guest Contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my last post,<\/a> I discussed the role of mythology and the particular power it has in\u00a0storytelling. Here I would like to examine a couple ways we can incorporate myths into\u00a0our own stories<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some writers make subtle, brief allusions to myths that are intended to add a \u201cbonus\u201d\u00a0layer of meaning for those who will notice. But two more significant ways myths can be\u00a0used are in retellings and original work.<\/p>\n

Retellings<\/h3>\n

The most obvious way of incorporating myth into your story is through direct\u00a0retelling<\/strong>. Retellings are popular right now, especially with fairytales, but in mythology\u00a0we have another deep well of material, yet to be fully recognized. My\u00a0favorite example of a myth retold is Till We Have Faces<\/em>, by C.S. Lewis. While less known than his Narnia books or his Space Trilogy, this was Lewis\u2019s personal favorite\u00a0among his novels.<\/p>\n

Till We Have Faces<\/em> is Lewis\u2019s retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid (or Eros) and\u00a0Psyche<\/strong>. In the original tale, a king has three daughters, the youngest of whom is so\u00a0beautiful that people worship her as a goddess. This angers Venus (Aphrodite), who\u00a0sends her son Cupid to exact revenge. When Cupid sees Psyche, however, he falls in love\u00a0with her. The king, meanwhile, is told by an oracle that he must expect no mortal\u00a0son-in-law for Psyche. He obeys the oracle\u2019s instructions, chaining\u00a0Psyche to a mountain and abandoning her. Cupid frees her and makes her his wife,\u00a0but only visits her at night when it is too dark to see his face.<\/p>\n

When Psyche\u2019s sisters learn that she has become the wife of a god, they are\u00a0jealous and convince her that her husband must be lying about his identity \u2014 why else\u00a0would he hide his face from her?<\/strong> And so one night, while Cupid is asleep, Psyche lights a\u00a0lamp so that she can see his face. Cupid wakes up, catches her in the act, and flees.\u00a0Psyche is left to the vengeful will of her mother-in-law, who forces her to perform\u00a0impossible tasks to win back her husband.<\/p>\n

Lewis first encountered this myth as a young adult and it held his imagination for\u00a0decades before he finally wrote his retelling. In Till We Have Faces<\/em> he reworks this story\u00a0to explore issues apparent to him in the original<\/strong>. But in retelling the myth,\u00a0he highlights these themes in a particularly Christian light: what is the nature of\u00a0love, both human and divine? And why does the work of the divine often seem so\u00a0horribly unjust?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I was twelve I have wanted to retell the fall of Atlantis, which is essentially\u00a0another version of the Flood myth: a paradise home is created for a race of semi-divine\u00a0beings, who are esteemed the world over for their wisdom and beauty. But over time they\u00a0become corrupt, seeking to conquer and enslave the world, and so Poseidon, who\u00a0fathered their race, destroys them in a cataclysm which drags Atlantis into the ocean\u2019s\u00a0depths. This story has resonated with me since childhood. Its unique portrayal of\u00a0the \u201cparadise lost\u201d motif strikes a particularly strong chord with me, and I am drawn by\u00a0the mystery of a father choosing to eradicate his own children for the sake of others<\/strong>. One\u00a0day I hope to do this myth justice.<\/p>\n

What is one of your favorite myths, and does it raise questions you find yourself drawn to? How might you rework this story to further explore these themes?<\/em><\/p>\n

Original Work<\/h3>\n

Another, more common way myths are used is as source material for your own\u00a0original story<\/strong>. Modern fantasy, as a genre, is almost entirely founded on this.<\/p>\n

Take Middle-earth as a prime example: Tolkien drew extensively on myths as source\u00a0material for his stories. The gods of Greek mythology<\/strong> influenced the creation of his Valar; and from Atlantis<\/strong> he drew inspiration for the island\u00a0of N\u00famenor. His novel The Children of H\u00farin<\/em>, which takes place thousands of years\u00a0before the events in The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, draws from both the Norse legend of Sigurd\u00a0the dragon-slayer<\/strong> and the Finnish tale of Kulervo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

J.K. Rowling pulled freely from various mythologies and folklores, particularly\u00a0Greek, to construct the world of Harry Potter. Her setting is populated with such\u00a0traditional creatures as dragons, unicorns, centaurs, and phoenixes; but she also includes\u00a0more obscure species<\/strong> like the kappa, grindylow, basilisk, and three-headed dog. Her use\u00a0of names like Minerva, Argus, Remus, etc. are further homage to mythology.<\/p>\n

Robert Jordan was inspired by both Tolkien and Eastern mythology for his Wheel of\u00a0Time series \u2014 most notably the idea that history is cyclical<\/strong>. The TV show Avatar: The\u00a0Last Airbender<\/em>\u2019s world of spirits, avatars, and martial arts-based magic<\/strong> is another story\u00a0that pulls from Eastern myth and folklore.<\/p>\n

Nearly all the archetypes we\u2019re familiar with in fantasy find their roots in various\u00a0mythologies: the bearded wizard, the prophecy, the exiled king, the ancient civilization,\u00a0the broken sword reforged, the dragon-slayer, etc. By tracing the genealogy of a trope\u00a0back through time, we can often rediscover what makes it work<\/strong>, and thus use it all the\u00a0more effectively ourselves.<\/p>\n

Do you use mythology as a source for ideas and characters? Do you consider writing an\u00a0original work inspired by myths to be more or less compelling than embarking on a\u00a0retelling?<\/em><\/p>\n

Drawing from these sources is, in practice, little different than drawing from other\u00a0inspirations in your writing. We are constantly recycling material to reuse in stories<\/strong>, and\u00a0stockpiling the plots and characters we encounter to remix in a fresh way. That the old\u00a0stories have stuck with us through the centuries is an indicator of the weight they carry.\u00a0They continue to inspire, and provide a rich well for new generations of storytellers.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>About Justin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justin has been a student with The One Year Adventure Novel<\/a><\/em> for several years and has been writing since he was a kid. He desires his stories to evoke wonder and longing in readers like his favorites do in him<\/strong>. He is a Texan who lived for many years\u00a0in Canada and is now in Kansas. He\u2019s in the process of collecting as many mythologies as are available. He also enjoys attempting to play the ocarina from time to time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Justin Ferguson, Guest Contributor<\/strong>
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