Very interesting question. I think it's possible for recent mythologies to become as legitimate as ancient ones. They all have to start sometime, right? I don't know how exactly that process will look in the modern world, though. I feel like so many stories are based on the archetypes of ancient myth, from books to films and movies. That is the key to embedding them in our collective unconscious. But which versions will last? Hard to say. I read once that the only thing every society on earth has always had in common is storytelling. It's importance to us as a species is huge.
Personally, I hope Middle Earth lasts forever!
TreeMcBean t1_j09csns wrote
Reply to How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921
Very interesting question. I think it's possible for recent mythologies to become as legitimate as ancient ones. They all have to start sometime, right? I don't know how exactly that process will look in the modern world, though. I feel like so many stories are based on the archetypes of ancient myth, from books to films and movies. That is the key to embedding them in our collective unconscious. But which versions will last? Hard to say. I read once that the only thing every society on earth has always had in common is storytelling. It's importance to us as a species is huge. Personally, I hope Middle Earth lasts forever!