Summary

"The Ten Thousand Doors: Being a Comparative Study of Passages, Portals, and Entryways in World Mythology," a preface, indicates that the text was written by Yule Ian Scholar for the University of Nin beginning in the year of 6908.

Yule Ian writes that he intends to demonstrate the significance of doorways in mythology. He presumes that there are physical portals that exist between worlds that allow people and things to pass through. He argues that the leakage through these doors represents change and is essential for “humanity’s cultural, intellectual, political, and economic development” (52). Yule Ian also proposes that once these doors have been closed, they cannot be reopened.

Yule Ian interrupts his...