@Grishka: [QUOTE] Many old myths, religious or not, tell us more about our motives than theorists can, such as psychologists, theologians, or ethicists. Therefore the "core" of a good story, however simple or complex, cannot be pronounced equivalently in a theoretical essay, let alone in a single sentence.

A reteller has the right, and in fact the duty, to modify the message, or at least shed a new light on it. Simple analogies are not worth telling.

Another hint: all old tales about inevitable fate are inevitably not really about inevitable fate, otherwise there would be no point in inventing them. [/QUOTE]

You're right.