Six Sentence Story: The Age of Mistaken Mythology

Gabriel described the period they were living through as the Age of Mistaken Mythology. Although it sounded like a backhanded curse, Gabriel didn’t know what “mistaken mythology” meant. How would anyone understand what he was living through before it ended unless someone told him in advance?

Gabriel’s chitchat was tolerated as long as the clock wasn’t running or their team wasn’t winning. They were happier when their team scored. When it didn’t, well, it didn’t.

Denise offers the prompt word “curse” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Genesis 6:13-16 KJV – 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

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Author: Frank Hubeny

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29 thoughts on “Six Sentence Story: The Age of Mistaken Mythology”

  1. Okay, Frank, you’ll have to explain. I don’t get it. Gabriel, come blow your horn, was living through a period of Mistaken Theology, except, he didn’t know what Mistaken Theology was. What are you trying to say?

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    2. I just looked up “mistaken mythology” in the Brave browser that I use. Whatever AI program is returning answers to me, it gave me the following:

      Mistaken mythology refers to the widespread misinterpretation, distortion, or conflation of traditional stories, often resulting from modern pop culture influences, translation errors, or the assumption of a single canonical version where none existed. Common errors include believing that Medusa was the only Gorgon with snake hair, that Zeus was an omnipotent god like in monotheistic religions, or that the 12 Olympians were a fixed, exclusive group.

      Other frequent misconceptions involve conflating distinct figures, such as equating the Nephilim with fallen angels or assuming the Anunnaki came from a planet called Nibiru, which is a modern pseudohistorical fabrication. Additionally, many assume gods like Hades or Anubis are inherently evil, similar to the Christian Devil, when they were originally neutral psychopomps, and that Pandora opened a box rather than a jar (pithos).

      The term also describes the false belief that ancient mythologies were static, unified religions with a single “true” version of stories, whereas they were actually diverse, local, and often contradictory collections of oral and written traditions. Misconceptions also arise from Euhemerism, the theory that myths are merely distorted historical accounts, or from attributing modern moral frameworks to ancient narratives.

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  4. enjoy the concept of Mistaken Mythology (while it never hurts to surpass on rating stories in terms of true and not-true)… we are the characters in some of the mythologies (if we have the imagination to read ’em that way)

    good Six

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  6. Very perplexing Frank the irony – poor old Gabriel is given a grand label for his era the ‘Age of Mistaken Mythology’ but he has no idea what it actually means. It’s a profound existential dilemma – How can you understand the era you are living through while you are still inside it?😄

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  10. Of course he doesn’t understand it: the Age of Enlightenment, the Gilded Age,tThe Dark Ages, etc., are imposed retrospectively, after people can look back and see what was happening, so if he’s currently living through this age, then someone from the future will have to tell him what the Age of Mistaken Mythology means.

    Anyway, dun Six!!

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  13. The mistaken mythology that nothing can create everything? That impersonal forces with no organization can create organisms? That amoral forces can create creatures with morality?

    We are too easily distracted by how our team is doing, or our stock portfolio, or our kids, or whatever. Best to focus on what is God doing in, through and around us right now, and ask Him how to join His work. Then do it!

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