"p18 (The world of wrestling) We are therefore dealing with a real Human Comedy, where the most socially-inspired nuances of passion (conceit, rightfulness, refined cruelty, a sense of `paying one's debts') always felicitously find the clearest sign which can receive them, express them and triumphant"
"(p. 109) Myth is a system of communication, that it is a message. Myth is not defined by the object of its message, but by the way in which it utters this message. Everything, then, can be a myth? Yes, I believe this, for the universe is infinitely fertile in suggestions. (p. 110) One can conceive o"
"(p. 111) They are all sciences dealing with values. They are not content with meeting the facts: they define and explore them as tokens for something else. Semiology is a science of forms, since it studies significations apart from their content. (p. 112) This is the case with mythology: it is a par"