Thunder Rides A Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present I feel that what Claire Farrer means by living in the "mythic present" is that although most Indian culture is perceived long to have been different, it is in fact very live and active today. I will give specific examples from her book, Thunder Rides a Black Horse, to support my arguments of what the "mythic present" actually means and list many examples of events that could be considered to be in the "mythic present." First I will define the mythic present in the terms