The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restore…

C. S. Lewis
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The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. ✨ On Stories and Other Essays on Literature. Book by C. S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, p. 90, 1982.
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The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. ✨ On Stories and Other Essays on Literature. Book by C. S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, p. 90, 1982.

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