Most of the ancient myths are connected with the great cuktural revolutions and with their embedded technical innovations. Technology is part of the mankind evolution and without it we were not here.
A Web site for Greek Mythology.
Prometheus: the fire discovery
Oedipus and Jocastas of Thebes: the incest taboo
Pasiphae and Minotauros: genetics and technology
Heracles: the ecology challenges
Phaeton: the chariot of the Sun
Icarus: the flight adventure
Dedalus: engineering and architecture
Demeter and Persephone: husbandry innovations
Atalanta and Hyppomenes: the technology illusions
Romulus and Remus: the foundation of the town
Theseus and Ariadne: the intelligent discoveries
Ulysses and the Trojan Horse: technology as stratagem
James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, 1890-1915.
Chinese words #5
Mythology = 神话 (shénhuà)
神 (shén) = supernatural
话 (huà) = words
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