/r/mythsandlegends
Myths, legends and fairy tales shape who we are, just as much as the history written in textbooks. Here we share links to anything related to mythology and discuss stories from around the world.
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Ok 1st of all sorry if this is off-topic/against the rules 2nd of all, I got a problem that's literally keeping me awake at night.
Basically, out of nowhere my brain remembered about a story I read some time ago, which I'm pretty sure it was a myth but I can't find it in any of the mythologies I usually read about, so I'm starting to doubt it's a myth and it even might be a backstory for a tv show/videogame character as far as I know;
The story basically talks about a man (or god(?)) who's really really really in love with a woman (or goddess or a non human creature(?)). He's so much in love with her that even if she's actually just consuming his life for personal nourishment, he decides (or maybe he was oblivious to it idr????) to stay with her and die for her instead of running away
I hope it rings a bell for you and that you can help me more than my useless brain, my friends and chatgpt combined could. Thank you for taking your time for reading anyways :)
There are a lot of betrayal stories with women at the center, but most of them are women betraying men through infidelity or by being a “temptress.”
Are their any betrayal myths with women betraying another women? Romantically, platonically, or otherwise? Specifically the idea of the betrayal rooted deeper than just betraying one woman, but the entire sisterhood?
This is all inspired by the book Women Who Run With Wolves by Dr. Estes, so something along those lines if you’ve ever read the book
I know the topic is kind of dark, but any help would be appreciated 😅