Gethen Myths

One myth that I found interesting is "The Place Inside the Blizzard" in chapter 2. This is because it illustrates how bad of a sin a suicide is considered by Gethenians, an example of how shifgrethor is valued, and what Gethenians believe about incest. Another myth that I found interesting is "An Orgota Creation Myth" in chapter 17. This is because it explains what is meant by some of the words that Genly Ai and the Gethenians use and why shifgrethor is so important to the Gethenians in the end of the myth, when all the sons are being followed by darkness, which is a shadow that represents death, since it explains where the shadow and death references come from.