Mythphile is the blog of Ellen N. Brundige, a PhD candidate at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Hello there! I have a masters in classics and another in “mythological studies with a concentration in depth psychology,” which I earned in 2007 at Pacifica.

Mythphile is devoted to sharing and retelling mythology, because mythology is meant to be shared and retold, and the internet is our newest medium for doing both. Sometimes I’ll give you a scholarly presentation, including information about a myth’s historical and cultural background, dates, other versions of the myth, primary sources, and so on. Often, I’ll simply let the myths speak for themselves, because that’s what myths do.

The naming of blogs is a difficult matter, to misquote T.S. Eliot, and you may have seen this blog originally titled Mythprint. After about a month, one of my friends pointed out that Mythprint was, in fact, the name of the Mythopoeic Society’s newsletter! Rather than cause confusion, I contacted them and agreed to change the name of my blog so as not to conflict.