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To walk the labyrinth is to re-enter the womb and travel inward, and to come back out is a kind of rebirth.

Medusa may also personify truth, which cannot be looked at directly. Perseus' mirrored shield enables him to see the truth indirectly, thereby fulfilling the function of myth and art more generally: to reflect the truth while at the same time shielding us from its blunt force

A myth is in some sense a story that has survived, and that has been polished over the generations, and it has survived precisely because it is perfect, that is, because it resonates on many levels, and because it fulfils an important psychological, political, or social need, at least in the society that raised it.