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For centuries, love has been regarded as the major force protecting our world. But today, I bring unto you, Till Death Do Us Apart, a collection of myths, legends and most importantly real love stories, till death do us apart contains atleast 51 stories from different ancient times. Love is a feeling that escapes being put into words, that is certainly true. However, throughout the ages there have been many myths about the origin of love, where it comes from and what it signifies. The reason behind these suppositions probably stems from the fact that love was an intangible feeling that was difficult to pinpoint and understand.

These myths are interesting because they help shed light on this feeling, and in many ways show a different picture to the stories on the origin, formation and existence of love in the ancient world.Greek Mythology and LovePlatos symposium essentially dealt with all things to do with love and was basically a written discussion between philosophers on the subject of love.

Many of the philosophers had insights on the origins and kinds of love that existed. For Plato, there were three types: Eros signifying desire, Philia signifying platonic love or friendship and finally Agape, the love of all humanity and God. These typologies are certainly ones we see in our modern day, but theres more to the story than that.During this discussion, another philosopher emerges with an idea about the origin of love in Greek mythology. Aristophanes suggests that in the early days, man and woman were attached to each other physically that they were a being with four arms and four legs and two heads.

This being was seen to be the strongest on Earth and it was feared by Zeus the father of all the Greek gods that they would challenge him. To eliminate this threat, Zeus separated the two and the scar of that separation is said to remain to this day: the belly button. Because the humans were longing to return to one another again, they would seek out their other half a soulmate, not simply because they were looking for love but because they were seeking to rejoin their bodies to their original form. This myth gives insight into the nature of soulmates and the search for the one.

Read a short story below Echo and Narcissus is one of the most enduring tales from Greek mythology, and the tale of self-love and unrequited love is one which has been told and adapted over many hundreds of years. Echo was sea nymph with beauty but was cursed by Hera, the wife of Zeus, because of her ability to distract Hera, whenever she tries to catch her husband with other sea nymphs, making and creating time for Zeus to escape before he get caught with other nymphs.

Meanwhile, Narcissus was the most handsome guy around. When Narcissus was a child, a prophet (someone that tells the future) told his mother that he would live a long life, if he never saw his own reflection. His mother didnt understand, so she never warned him about it. Uh-oh.Narcissus was so beautiful that most people who looked at him fell in love. But Narcissus thought he was better than most, and he never returned the love of his admirers.One day, Echo came across Narcissus in the forest. She immediately fell in love with him! But what could Echo do? With her curse, she could never tell Narcissus that she loved him and could only repeat his words back to him. Narcissus did not understand this, and he told her to go away! Echo was devastated. But do you know what she did to him for rejecting her? Kindly find out more from the book.

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For centuries, love has been regarded as the major force protecting our world. But today, I bring unto you, "Till Death Do Us Apart", a collection of myths, legends and most importantly real love stories, till death do us apart contains atleast 51 stories from different ancient times. Love is a feeling that escapes being put into words, that is certainly true. However, throughout the ages there have been many myths about the origin of love, where it comes from and what it signifies. The reason behind these suppositions probably stems from the fact that love was an intangible feeling that was difficult to pinpoint and understand.

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Daniel E. Udoh