Mythful Meanings

In the English language, many meanings come from myths. This blog considers many of those words.

Myths are stories people tell to explain the great mysteries of life, such as birth and death, why the sun rises and sets, and why the moon changes in a predictable pattern.

I decided to start over from the end of the alphabet and work toward the beginning. I have a stack of index cards with information typed on them, all in alphabetical order. When I started this blog, I started at A, because I didn't realize that all the entries would be pushed down.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Elysium

To the ancient Greeks, Elysium was the home of the valiant dead. It was much like the nominal Christian view of Heaven, except that the gods did not live there.

English word: Rather than a single word, Elysium lives on in our language as a phrase, Elysian fields, a metaphor for heaven or paradise.
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