Each myth is a palimpsest, with layers of meaning accumulate... - Wendy Doniger

"Each myth is a palimpsest, with layers of meaning accumulated through centuries of retelling and reinterpretation."

Wendy Doniger Literature

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"

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."