Në veprën "Miti dhe realiteti", Eliade merr në studim ato shoqëri në të cilat miti luan ende rolin kryesor në formimin e tipareve kulturore themelore të shoqërisë: marrëdhënien e mitit me botëkuptimin, me konceptimin e historisë, kohës, me përvojën njerëzore në përgjithësi.

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> Roux Jean-Paul. Mircea Éliade. Aspects du mythe.
In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, tome 165, n°2, 1964. pp. 237-239. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhr_0035-1423_1964_num_165_2_8019

Eliade emphasizes the notion of sacred time where myths are imagined in the past (cosmology) and eschatological myths are imagined in an apocalyptic future. I do not think modern man has changed all that much though and any division he tries to make between "primitive" cultures and so-called secular moderns is superficial. Being published during the cold war Eliade shows how myth still exists in "secular" narratives like Marx' "Just Man" (the same archetype in the Robin Hood theme), his comments on end-of-the-world flood myths in Chapter IV are very applicable to modern environmental flood/climate prophecies that are thought of as Truth by the eco-prophets too. This book should be read along side his "Sacred and Profane" and Eliade is a nice compliment to Campbell and von Franz as well. Don't think this is merely a book discussing archaic minds and fanciful stories, myth is alive and well today. ( )

Analyse riche et rigoureuse des mythes par un érudit.