Donald W Catchings Jr

Category: On Myth

  • Theoden and the Wraith: Looking Along Death and Immortality

    Death and Immortality: two words that men contemplate, and shudder. Yet, these two words have occupied the imagination of men since, at least, the epoch of flickering fables orated around fires in Bedouin camps of contemporary man’s long dead ancestors. From The Epic of Gilgamesh and Moses’ Torah to the Bhagavad Gita, from Homer’s Iliad…

  • WHAT IS MYTH REIMAGINED

    Before I can tell you what Myth Reimagined is, I must do two things: First, I must clarify what myth is; Second, I must explain why certain myths may require reimagining. Once I have done this, I will be able to tell you what Myth Reimagined is. Modern man typically defines myth in one of…