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In Philippine mythology, Haliya the masked goddess, Mayari the one-eyed Goddess of beauty and war, and Bulan the lover of the death god Sidapa were the three surviving moons,The rest were devoured by Bakunawa the sea serpent, who was once a beautiful but vain sea goddess who loved them. Haliya and Bakunawa would fight during eclipses, and during these times, it is said that the people would cry, as it was Bakunawa eating the moons that was causing the eclipse. It was the cries of these people that Haliya would use as her weapons and armor during her battle with Bakunawa.

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“True myth may serve for thousands of years as an inexhaustible source of intellectual speculation, religious joy, ethical inquiry, and artistic renewal. The real mystery is not destroyed by reason. The fake one is. You look at it and it vanishes. You look at the Blond Hero — really look — and he turns into a gerbil. But you look at Apollo, and he looks back at you. The poet Rilke looked at a statue of Apollo about fifty years ago, and Apollo spoke to him. ‘You must change your life,’ he said. When true myth rises into consciousness, that is always its message. You must change your life.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), “Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction”, PARABOLA, Vol. 1 No. 4: Rites of Passage, Fall 1976 (via devoutin)

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i dont know how im supposed to interpret the fact that when pandora opened the box all of the monsters were released unto humanity except for hope, which stayed behind, but every time i think about it i go crazy

is it saying that the biggest monster would be if hope had left us? is it saying that hope was never unleashed on the world? is it saying that hope is actually a monster? is it saying that hope will always be with us? i dont know but all of them make me lose it

#yeah..... yeah#the version i read as a kid was that pandora and her pithos was a punishment from the gods for the whole fire thing#but one of the gods took pity/felt bad for humanity and sneaked hope into the jar to help us deal with all the bad stuff#but i've also read an interpretation that said hope is the ultimate evil bc it prolongs the suffering or whatever#(or that it never got out of the jar bc pandora/epimeteus shut it in horror)#but hope being painted as something evil just because it keeps us alive through all the pain? :(#i much prefer my first version#hope as a creation resulting from compassion - the one thing we have left when everything is awful#myths
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