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36 Cards in this Set
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Stories modified to:
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Time. Place. Audience.
*Western culture has adapted Greek ideas like: democracy, scientific method, social outlook |
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Mythos can be a:
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• Story
• Tale • Speech • Word |
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Myths can be defined as:
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Groups of stories that a society or culture tells. Look towards myths to understand cultures.
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Myths give us:
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Insight into how a culture interacted as a society, what their beliefs were scientifically and religiously and socially.
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o Myth
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• Story about gods & goddesses (relations w/ humans)
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o Legend/Saga
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• Humans (heroes) continuing on
• Small amount of truth |
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o Folk Tale
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• About human events involving common people
• Focus on a general person |
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Comparative Mythologies
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• Myth is religion – deals with gods & cosmology
• No difference among science, religion, & belief • Myths are truth – have foundations of belief • Stories will be retold because people benefit from the moral story than explanation • Guest-Friend obligation – if someone comes to your door, you must treat them as a guest • Myths are ritual • Myths demonstrate morals • Myths metaphor, allegory, & symbolism o Euhemerus says gods were just regular people “stories are not true, truths are in myths” |
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Aetiology – explanation of fact or custom (science)
Myths in Philosophy |
• Freud – myths are dreams – they are fulfillment of wishes
• Jung – revealing natures of people archetype • Claude Straus - tied myth & society • Propp – stock way of telling a story world wide (something must happen to have a story) • Walter Burger – myth fits the needs & expectations of time, place, & audience |
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Classical Myth
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• Share fundamentals of types of tales
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Stories modified to:
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Time. Place. Audience.
*Western culture has adapted Greek ideas like: democracy, scientific method, social outlook |
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Mythos can be a:
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• Story
• Tale • Speech • Word |
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Myths can be defined as:
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Groups of stories that a society or culture tells. Look towards myths to understand cultures.
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Myths give us:
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Insight into how a culture interacted as a society, what their beliefs were scientifically and religiously and socially.
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o Myth
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• Story about gods & goddesses (relations w/ humans)
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o Legend/Saga
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• Humans (heroes) continuing on
• Small amount of truth |
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o Folk Tale
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• About human events involving common people
• Focus on a general person |
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Comparative Mythologies
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• Myth is religion – deals with gods & cosmology
• No difference among science, religion, & belief • Myths are truth – have foundations of belief • Stories will be retold because people benefit from the moral story than explanation • Guest-Friend obligation – if someone comes to your door, you must treat them as a guest • Myths are ritual • Myths demonstrate morals • Myths metaphor, allegory, & symbolism o Euhemerus says gods were just regular people “stories are not true, truths are in myths” |
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Aetiology – explanation of fact or custom (science)
Myths in Philosophy |
• Freud – myths are dreams – they are fulfillment of wishes
• Jung – revealing natures of people archetype • Claude Straus - tied myth & society • Propp – stock way of telling a story world wide (something must happen to have a story) • Walter Burger – myth fits the needs & expectations of time, place, & audience |
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Classical Myth
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• Share fundamentals of types of tales
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Historical Background
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• Most stories take place in Greek Bronze Age (3000 BC – 1100 BC)
Hesiod, Homer, poets: Pindar, play writes, later poets |
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HESIOD
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• Gaea- Earth
• XAOE- Chaos • 10 Anvil Days • Gaea + Ouraos o Titans (Cronus) • Olympians Zeus Poseidon Hades Apollo Ares Hephastus Dionysus Heracles Hermes Hera Demeter Hestia Artemis Athena Hecate Aphrodite • Aphrodite born on Cypress from Ouraos’s genitals • Golden Age o Live good life, die in sleep, ghosts • Silver Age o Alive as a kid for 100 years taken care of by mom. Then live short, not worshiping gods • Bronze Age o Mighty fighters w/ weapons & tools made of bronze, kill themselves off • Age of Heroes o Valiant in war, just & civilized o When heroes die, they go to Isle of the Blessed- ruled by Cronus • Iron Age o The pits. Time of Hesiod. o Suggested that the next age will be better |
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Prometheus:
Cousin of... |
zeus
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Prometheus:
Brothers of... |
Atlas & Epimetheus
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Stories about Prometheus
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• He made man out of clay. Athena breathes in psyche (aka spirit/breath)
• Zeus & Prometheus got in a fight at a bbq because Prometheus wraps up junk of animal & disguises it as good food so Zeus will chose that food for the gods & leave the other food for mankind • Zeus knows Prometheus is going to do the trick, but wants to see that he does it • Zeus takes away fire from Prometheus/humans as punishment • Prometheus takes an ember & steals fire from Zeus • Zeus hires Hephestus to make Pandora out of earth & water (woman) • Prometheus was told a prophecy that has to do with Zeus & Prometheus would not tell it • Prophecy: a woman named Thetis would have a child that will overthrow Zeus. • Zeus is mad & ties him up on Mt. Cocus & an eagle comes & eats his liver- although he is immortal & regenerates liver. • Zeus has his eye on Hera’s priestess, Io • Argos – Hera’s watchdog with hundreds of eyes to spy on Zeus • Zeus kills Argos • Hera disguises Io as a cow to lead Zeus off, but he does not back off Io • Hera sends fly to but Io & Io runs away eventually running into Prometheus on a rock. • Prometheus is saved by Heracles • Zeus gets pissed with mankind – disguises himself as a human & walks to many houses • Not invited anywhere except for one family (#1 rule: have an open house) • Zeus goes to burn earth but remembers prophecy: earth will burn so bright at the end that it will burn Mt. Olympus • Floods world & spares two: Deukalion & Pyrha • Deukalion- son of Prometheus • Pyrha- daughter of Epimethieus • Themus – god of wisdom • They repopulate Earth by throwing stones behind their shoulders • They have a son named Helen |
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Obid
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• Roman poet alive at end BC, beginning AD
• Leading poet of his day – “Metaphorsis” ← best work, all Greek myth stories which have to do with changes • Does not talk about the heroes age at all • Begins differently & speaks of Chaos in the modern way – that gods come from Chaos, don’t just appear • Believes everything is made from earth, wind, fire & water (just a different ratio of each) |
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Stories modified to:
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Time. Place. Audience.
*Western culture has adapted Greek ideas like: democracy, scientific method, social outlook |
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Mythos can be a:
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• Story
• Tale • Speech • Word |
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Myths can be defined as:
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Groups of stories that a society or culture tells. Look towards myths to understand cultures.
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Myths give us:
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Insight into how a culture interacted as a society, what their beliefs were scientifically and religiously and socially.
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o Myth
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• Story about gods & goddesses (relations w/ humans)
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o Legend/Saga
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• Humans (heroes) continuing on
• Small amount of truth |
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o Folk Tale
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• About human events involving common people
• Focus on a general person |
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Comparative Mythologies
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• Myth is religion – deals with gods & cosmology
• No difference among science, religion, & belief • Myths are truth – have foundations of belief • Stories will be retold because people benefit from the moral story than explanation • Guest-Friend obligation – if someone comes to your door, you must treat them as a guest • Myths are ritual • Myths demonstrate morals • Myths metaphor, allegory, & symbolism o Euhemerus says gods were just regular people “stories are not true, truths are in myths” |
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Aetiology – explanation of fact or custom (science)
Myths in Philosophy |
• Freud – myths are dreams – they are fulfillment of wishes
• Jung – revealing natures of people archetype • Claude Straus - tied myth & society • Propp – stock way of telling a story world wide (something must happen to have a story) • Walter Burger – myth fits the needs & expectations of time, place, & audience |
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Classical Myth
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• Share fundamentals of types of tales
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