Comparative mythology

Marriage: Duty vs. Love, Morality vs. Humanism “Mythology of a people is ‘the origin of the people’s philosophy, literature and religion’ and ‘the collective sub-consciousness of the whole people’” (Wang 1). Therefore, studying mythology will help us to understand how the perspectives of a people in a specific culture form and how their attitudes toward what they experience take shape. Furthermore, by comparing and contrasting different mythologies, we can explore how different peoples…

Mediation Essay-Source Evaluation The Oxford Companion to World Mythology by David Leeming is a source with reliable authority, accuracy, objectivity, coverage, and currency. The author of the book, David Leeming, is a New York University graduate with a Ph.D in Comparative Literature. He also wrote many other books for Oxford University Press in the field of Mythology. Since Leeming is a respected author in the field of mythology, his work is considered accurate. As for objectivity, the…

approach to interpreting Greek mythology has been long debated among various theories, including allegory, comparative mythology, myth-ritual, psychoanalysis and structuralism (Dowden 17-24). As regard to the myth of Pandora by Hesiod in his masterpieces of Theogony (573-620, translated by Trzaskoma et al. 131-160) and Works and Days (75-125, translated by Trzaskoma et al. 160-167), two particular theories stand out along with my interpretation: comparative mythology (Dowden 21) and…

The internalization of myths is a universal truth for all cultures, especially American culture in modernity. Both Coates and Brant combat the myth of The Dream and also myths of internalized hierarchies of race and status. In Between the World and Me, Coates’s idea of the dream is a lie of innocence that feeds the ignorance that most Americans have towards the injustices constantly occurring around them. He described his wife as being woken from the dream due to her “knowledge of cosmic…

Where The Wild Lamassu Are I chose this particular limestone masterpiece made in Iraq in 750 BCE, for the Assyrian palace, because I felt a personal connection with the Lamassu. Growing up, my family had many statues such as the large and beautiful four seasons around the yard that tower over a human, mythical creatures hidden in the gardens and trolls from Norway hidden around the house spontaneously scaring guests. Also, as a child my favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are, The Lamassu…

First, religion and mythology teach lessons that allow us to decipher what is right from wrong and how to conduct ourselves and not too. Overall, religion and mythology allow us to acquire knowledge and assurance, and in return, leads us to believe in something. Mythology, on the other hand, is known as a major component of religion. This is because saints are often allied religious past with…

Literature is meant to provoke many different kinds of emotions and responses from the reader. However, the best literary stories are the ones that have stood the test of time and are read over and over again. But is something so old really relatable to modern thinking and society. The ancient literary texts can be a bridge between ancient and modern cultures. These stories have too many years between the point they were written and the time the reader is getting to them. Problems in society…

Chaucer is no stranger to writing parodies of his own stories in The Canterbury Tales, as seen in the Reeve’s Tale working off of and following immediately after The Miller’s Tale. Similarly, The Friar’s Tale closely parallels and also follows right after The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Chaucer aligns these two tales to enforce the point that they should not be interpreted separately, but rather they should be accepted as an entire unit. And by implementing textual similarities, Chaucer blurs the lines…

My Haunted Experiences at University of Indonesia Most people just believe with the thing if they can see, feel, and hear that thing immediately. But believed or not there is another substance in this world which most people can't feel, it called supernatural substance. Some people who have never felt supernatural experiences will not believe that thing. But for the people who have supernatural experiences like ESP, Astral Projection, seeing the ghost etc, supernatural can be an interesting…

The Bird Around Your Neck (A Discussion on the Themes of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Everywhere you look, there’s shows, movies, and books that center on the supernatural. “Paranormal and supernatural entertainment has gained significant traction in recent years as it offers a unique opportunity for us to escape our daily lives” (Parmar). The public is transfixed by the idea of the unexplainable, the frightening, and the mysterious. Where does this fascination stem from? For…