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minus-squarebig_fat_fluffylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt’s a metaphor for the intellect. A hundred competing thoughts, like writhing snakes. You are frozen by indecision. But that’s mythology for you. Literalised metaphors and vice versa.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoOoh. What other metaphors have I missed from Greek mythology. Is the minotaur a penis? Are sirens prostitutes? Is the cyclops a penis? Etc.
It’s a metaphor for the intellect. A hundred competing thoughts, like writhing snakes. You are frozen by indecision.
But that’s mythology for you. Literalised metaphors and vice versa.
Ooh. What other metaphors have I missed from Greek mythology. Is the minotaur a penis? Are sirens prostitutes? Is the cyclops a penis? Etc.