LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Janus Myth With Reference to Amulya Malladi’s The Mango Season

Ghayathry D., M.A., M.Phil.

Introduction – What is a Myth?

Myth is a legendary or invented story, celebrating the life/lives of heroes and demigods and deities, rooted in primitive folk belief, presenting supernatural episodes to explain natural events and facts. Myths attempt to interpret creation, divinity and religion; to explain the meaning of existence and death. Myths may or may not be connected with the regular alternation of day and night and of winter and summer.

Romans worshipped their Gods on both individual and communal levels. Each part of a Roman house had a God associated with it. The God Janus presided over the main door to the house; Janus was envisioned as a human figure that faced both directions at once and was thus suited to watch over the doorway. The Romans believed that if they paid due respect to these gods each day, they could be confident of enjoying divine blessing for their daily activities. Myth is an ancient traditional story of gods or heroes, especially one explaining some fact or phenomenon of nature. It might be a commonly held belief without any rational foundation. It also refers to a story with a veiled meaning that has taken roots in a culture. Although it is difficult to draw rigid distinctions among various types of traditional tables, people who study mythology find it useful to categorize them.

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Ghayathry D., M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
Department of English
Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous)
Salem 636 016
Tamil Nadu, India
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