Love Among the Gods: Myths of Relationship

Mythology holds up a mirror to our inner life as humans, showing us how our personality and choices affect our lives. Myths of partnership not only impart wisdom about male-female relationships, but also about the balance of male and female qualities within us as individuals.

These stories from Greek (and one Egyptian) mythology are fascinating tales not only of love relationships, but also of the human quest for wholeness within.

Zeus and Hera are the perennial love/hate couple. Isis and Osiris bring new life out of tragedy. Jason and Medea show us what manipulation is like. Theseus and Ariadne deal with abandonment. Perseus learns to integrate his feminine side as part of his heroic quest. Psyche and Eros mature through the trials their union produced.

Shirley Kiefer retells these stories with new insight for our time. A retired librarian with a background in world religions, mythology and psychology, she helps us see their characters as parts of ourselves, giving us glimpses into these archetypal forces we all experience.

Whether you read these as literal partnership stories or as individual quests for wholeness, you will delight in rehearing these ancient tales in contemporary language.

Love Among the Gods, Myths of Relationship Contents
About Shirley Kiefer, Author of Love Among the Gods
Myth as a Mirror of Inner Wholeness
Hera and Zeus: First Couple of Olympus
Isis and Osiris: Love and Regeneration in Egypt
Persephone and Hades: Love in the Underworld
Artemis and Apollo: Sister and Brother
Aphrodite and Her Lovers: Love & War and Others
Jason and Medea: Quest of the Golden Fleece
Theseus and Ariadne: Love and Abandonment
Perseus and Medusa: Conquest of the Gorgon Psyche and Eros: Soul and Spirit
Epilogue
Suggested Reading and Additional Resources