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Modern Day Myths, Wednesday

"Well, this is our last gathering, I am sad to say," Thor began. "I'd like to start by saying it's been a pleasure to have each of you in my class this semester, our discussions have been insightful and clever, and I'm going to miss hearing from you each week.

For our final discussion: we know why ancient myths are so important: they tell us what our ancestors believed about how the world around them worked. But how do modern-day stories achieve mythical status? Is there some common thread within all of the tales we've examined in the past few weeks that lends them to being passed on so often?"