Aug 13, 2022
5 min read
In Myth, the Extra-Binary Thing Explains Everything
‘Fabulous monsters’ are boundary-crossers that reconcile opposites
Today, I’m struck by this passage from Chapter 2 of Robert D. Lane’s Reading the Bible: Intention, Text, Interpretation (first published 1994, republished 2018 free online).
“Another characteristic of myth is its binary aspect: seeming…
