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21 Cards in this Set
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What is Myth?
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Myth can be serious and can be about the gods (such as Demeter, goddess of women and fertile fields)
Myths can be funny, even if they are about the gods (uch as Zeus, the supreme god) Myths can also be about heroes, such as Narcissus here (and they still can be funny (see the drawing by Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879) |
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The word ‘mythology’ derives from Greek
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to tell / to collect / to give an account of something”
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legein
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“stories”
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Mythology’ thus means
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To tell myths/stories
To collecting myths/stories To understand myths/stories |
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to tell stories”: inside a society (by storytellers such as ...
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Homer or Hesiod
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to collect stories”: inside or outside a society (by scholars such as...
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Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE) or the German brothers Grimm (19th cent)
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to unterstand stories”: outside a society (by scholars such as ...
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Bronislaw Malinowski, early 20th century
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Myth – a definition:
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A story
The story is traditional The story is relevant for the group that retells it. |
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“Traditional” means
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Handed down over generations
Inventor is unknown Oral tradition |
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“Traditional” ALSO means:
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The story is NOT sacred or revealed
It comes from the forefathers, not from a superhuman being There is no written version that must not be changed The story can be CHANGED Each oral retelling adapts it to the audience Each written version adapts it to the writer’s agenda |
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Europa is daughter of ...
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Agenor, king of Tyre inPhoenicia
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Europa is sister of...
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Cadmus, founder of Thebes in Greece.
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Europa is Abducted by Zeus in the shape of a bull. Brought to...
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Crete
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Zeus makes her the mother of ..
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Minos, the most powerful Cretan king.
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The Camus Sequence
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Cadmus is sent to bring back his sister. Founds the city of Thebes in Greece.
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Myth of Europa historical meanings...
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Origins: (Cretan) kings come from Zeus
Foundation: the city of Thebes The Bronze Age city has ties to the Ancient Orient Origins: Culture moved from east to west |
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Myth of Europa general truths...
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Gods are unreliable
Fathers are terrible Virgins have to be careful Male sexuality is disastrous |
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Predecessors in Antiquity(in myth studies)
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Allegory
Euhemerism Origins: 18th century, Chr. G. Heyne |
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Theories: Myth talks about..
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History: Euhemerus ofMessene
Nature: J. G. Frazer Ritual: Cambridge School Society: Emile Durkheim Us as human beings: Psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung) The Structure of the Brain: Claude Levi-Strauss |
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Whom is Narcissus
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Beautiful man that falls in love with himself
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What is the main difference between myth and fairytale?
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Myth is relavent to group that is telling it
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