ABSTRACT

For cen turies, an all-encompassing monomyth, built on a JudeoChris tian foun da tion hon or ing Greco-Ro man roots, held West ern cultures to gether. It’s a sort of mythic-celestial glue. What might pop - ular cul ture have been like then? In ages dom inated by tra dition, what might a traditional man or woman have be lieved, and what might they have con sid ered pop u lar?