Ooh, tough one - mostly because I don't know if my first choice technically counts as a myth.
The first thing that pops into my head is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I love the story and the complexity and the layering and imagery and the beauty of the language. But technically, I think that's a legend, and not a myth.
So if that doesn't count... I'm going to have to say Echo and Narcissus, only because it's the first one I ever learned. When I was little and found out that the flower for December babies was the narcissus, I had no idea what it was, and set out to learn all about it, and so I've felt faintly possessive and devoted to the story ever since.
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Date: 2010-07-08 09:06 pm (UTC)The first thing that pops into my head is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I love the story and the complexity and the layering and imagery and the beauty of the language. But technically, I think that's a legend, and not a myth.
So if that doesn't count... I'm going to have to say Echo and Narcissus, only because it's the first one I ever learned. When I was little and found out that the flower for December babies was the narcissus, I had no idea what it was, and set out to learn all about it, and so I've felt faintly possessive and devoted to the story ever since.