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Meaning and Being in Myth Kathryn DiRanna multi-disciplineNorman Austin has organized his analysis of classical Greek myths around Lacan's dichotomy between (ineffable) Being and the meanings imposed upon Being by culturally determined signifiers. The primary signifiers in myth (the gods), as projections of contradictory meanings, impel human consciousness in contradictory directions: toward heroic self realization, on the one hand, and into the fear, guilt, and despair resulting from failure, on the other.