I read The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony in my youth; I knew to a certainty it would be one of my desert island books, even though I also knew I wasn't close to being able to enjoy everything it offered.
I'm really fascinated by mythology. I read News of the Marvellous and Tales of the Strange based that off a series I am now releasing. It was amazing to read because I had never seen mythology from the Arabic world done so well. The recent penguin edition is really amazing. But now I'm going to scour the internet for Calasso's work now. Thanks for talking about this. I really am enjoying this so far. Also I read Conference of the Birds by Attar but that had nothing to do with the series above. Also, does Arab mythology also have a Ragnarok type story?
But I loved the notion of Cadmus being the originator of the Alphabet. For people to grow, we need an alphabet correct? We know how long ancient egypt lasted with heiroglyphs, right? Every generation needs words to latch onto. But here's a better question. Can one really grow up when you don't know Cadmus, and how can a generation be better off if they don't have the past to grow from. Or the written word to help us move forward, and create our own language int the arts.
Also do you agree or disagree with anything I have said?
Since you are planning to address these representations within popular culture, I'd be interested to know your response to the reimagining of the Greek, Roman and Norse gods by Rick Riordan in his excellent Percy Jackson series - and its tension between 'growing up' and the need for guidance, and the desire for the gods to 'leave us alone'.
my favorite book of Calasso's, too. when will we ditch the tyrannical God of Abrahamic religions? he left the stage of history after his confrontation with Job, but our leaders and patriarchs are still modeled after Him--or, i should say, He was a projection of our tyrannical fathers. time for all of humanity to grow up and be all for one, one for all, no flag waving ...... : )
I must check out The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony. Sound very interesting. Cheers.
I read The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony in my youth; I knew to a certainty it would be one of my desert island books, even though I also knew I wasn't close to being able to enjoy everything it offered.
I'm really fascinated by mythology. I read News of the Marvellous and Tales of the Strange based that off a series I am now releasing. It was amazing to read because I had never seen mythology from the Arabic world done so well. The recent penguin edition is really amazing. But now I'm going to scour the internet for Calasso's work now. Thanks for talking about this. I really am enjoying this so far. Also I read Conference of the Birds by Attar but that had nothing to do with the series above. Also, does Arab mythology also have a Ragnarok type story?
But I loved the notion of Cadmus being the originator of the Alphabet. For people to grow, we need an alphabet correct? We know how long ancient egypt lasted with heiroglyphs, right? Every generation needs words to latch onto. But here's a better question. Can one really grow up when you don't know Cadmus, and how can a generation be better off if they don't have the past to grow from. Or the written word to help us move forward, and create our own language int the arts.
Also do you agree or disagree with anything I have said?
Great post! Thank you, and have a great day.
Is the indian parallel to the exit of the gods could be the end of the Duapar period of Mahabharat? Just wondering 🤔
Since you are planning to address these representations within popular culture, I'd be interested to know your response to the reimagining of the Greek, Roman and Norse gods by Rick Riordan in his excellent Percy Jackson series - and its tension between 'growing up' and the need for guidance, and the desire for the gods to 'leave us alone'.
my favorite book of Calasso's, too. when will we ditch the tyrannical God of Abrahamic religions? he left the stage of history after his confrontation with Job, but our leaders and patriarchs are still modeled after Him--or, i should say, He was a projection of our tyrannical fathers. time for all of humanity to grow up and be all for one, one for all, no flag waving ...... : )