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rationalism

self-conscious and critical of actions

Xenophanes

complained of ethical weakness of Olympians & questioned existence of the gods

allegory

saying something in a different way

symbolism

something put together with something else

physical allegory

brought to light hidden/mysterious truths about the world

etymology

speculation about the "true meaning of a word"

historical allegory

myth reveals historical, not cosmological, truth

euhemerism

gods were once humans

moral allegory

interpretation of myth as a system of advice on good/bad behaviors

Neoplatism

a school that revived and developed many of Plato's theories.

The Enlightenment

everything traditional was subject to reexamination; authority of mythical accounts & bible were questioned

Romanticism

reaction to Enlightenment; saw emotional side of experience as most distinctly human. Loooved myths.

Sir James Frazer

accepted validity of social evolution as an explanation w/ universal application

Ritual Theory of Myth

origin of myth tied to religious ritual

Charter Theory of Myth

myth served as a justification for the way tha things are

solar mythology

allegory of every myth of struggle between light & darkness

Indo-European comparative mythology

you can look at European myths & discover essential patterns and original meanings

Sigmund Freud

myth = by-product of personal psychological forces

Oedipus complex

adult male psychology arises from the sexual attraction towards his mom & hostility toward his dad

Carl Jung

collective unconscious

Clau de Levi-Strauss

came up with Structuralism

Structuralism

meaning in a traditional story is not conveyed by content but by structural relations behind the content

Paris school of myth criticism

group of Claude's followers; argue that myths must be understood in the context of other myths and aspect of a culture; there is a syntax to a body of myth.

Programs of Action

Concept that finds quasi-ritualistic patterns of behavior in secular activities of human society; myths therefore serve as charters for these activities.