Love is a friendship set to music. (Joseph Campbell)
The Infinite Cycle of Culture, Mythology & Music
In an almost infinite loop culture shapes mythology as much as mythology shapes how cultures view their place in the universe in an effort and inate desire to understand, if not control that place in all its contradictory, unexpected, unpredictable nature. Mythology endures because it provides a way to express a culture's collective beliefs and feelings derived from shared metaphorical forms of thinking and feeling for trying to understand the unknown. Music can express the abstract, it can combine the metaphorical symbols from mythology and cultural themes of the human experience in a medium which can be universally understood.
Led Zeppelin & Mythology
Led Zeppelin’s ability to combine music with mythology provided an emotional connection to their audience. The lyrics weaved mythological elements into the music evoking the audience’s fulfillment in both sociological and mystical functions of mythology enabling Led Zeppelin fans the ability to feel and experience the music not just hear it.
Led Zeppelin & Mythology
Led Zeppelin’s ability to combine music with mythology provided an emotional connection to their audience. The lyrics weaved mythological elements into the music evoking the audience’s fulfillment in both sociological and mystical functions of mythology enabling Led Zeppelin fans the ability to feel and experience the music not just hear it.