Lessons

"From that moment on, every event, every encounter occurred in parallel, in two places. To tell a story meant to weave those two series of parallel events together, to make both worlds visible (95)."
Telling stories is teaching lessons, recounting the past is education for the future.  We all remember being told stories that taught  morals as children. There are so many lessons contained in mythology. I interpret myths like Eros and Psyche or Orpheus and Eurydice as cautionary tales about the woes of impatience.  In both of these myths they already had what they wanted most but they became impatient and lost faith.  As a result, the  object of their affection was taken as punishment for impatience.  The myth of Zeus and Semele is also a tale faith and of not asking for proof of love; for it is Zeus' love for Semele that causes him to destroy her.  There are multitudes of of lessons contained within mythology but I find the love stories and tragedies concerning patience, as well as faith in love and faith in a lover to be the most interesting.  I believe that if you believe in love the impossible is possible.  I like the myths that illustrate all the bad things that can happen when we lose faith in love and faith in our lovers. It is faith that connects us to whatever spirits, God, or gods we believe in; it is our faith in each other that connects us all.