Well, it's a tale with a strong mythical component...
I don't know. I am just reminded of the arguments I had in Catholic school with the teachers there about whether Catholicism should take social action. I was arguing against priests getting political in the homily because it destroyed the sense of mythic power of the mass by interrupting it with reality. Which is not to say that priests can't become activists, I suppose... but that they should recall that myth and ritual, and their ability to elevate the spirit and one's sense of one's own life's significance, is in itself a great power, and one that we are losing access to as modern skepticism and cynicism removes it from the realm of the "thinking" person.
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I don't know. I am just reminded of the arguments I had in Catholic school with the teachers there about whether Catholicism should take social action. I was arguing against priests getting political in the homily because it destroyed the sense of mythic power of the mass by interrupting it with reality. Which is not to say that priests can't become activists, I suppose... but that they should recall that myth and ritual, and their ability to elevate the spirit and one's sense of one's own life's significance, is in itself a great power, and one that we are losing access to as modern skepticism and cynicism removes it from the realm of the "thinking" person.