The existence of multiple versions of a story is not a probl... - Wendy Doniger

"The existence of multiple versions of a story is not a problem to solve, but a rich resource for understanding cultural complexity."

Wendy Doniger History

Historian of Religion American Born 1940 (age 86)

More from Wendy Doniger

"The gods love to play games, and we are caught in those games"

"Mythology is not a lie; mythology is a way of understanding the world"

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there"

"Texts are not sacred; people are sacred"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."