Comparative mythology

E.B. Tylor and James Frazer both did not thoroughly dismiss the ideology of religion like many during the Enlightenment era did. At the time when the Enlightenment Era emerged, reason was the core to the new movement, with ideas such as liberty and separation of church and state was being actively pursued towards the way of human individuality as well as the development of science. Through the era of this new light, both Tylor and Frazier still believed that religion existed, although in a…

Looking at Creation Myths The creation myths of the Norse and Aztecs specifically contain large similarities. The most significant one is the idea that the world was made through the killing of a giant creature. According to Norse mythology there were three creator gods, brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve. The brothers decided to kill the evil giant Ymir and from his body create the world. Once dead, his flesh became the earth, his teeth and bones became rocks, his blood became rivers and oceans, his…

In the past there was no knowledge of what natural gas is, it was a mystery to man. Occasionally, gas would escaping from under the earth’s crust and when a lightning strike reached the gas, it would ignite the natural gas, creating a fire (Natural Gas.org). This was puzzling to early civilizations, which lead to myths and superstitions (Natural Gas.org). In ancient Greece on Mount Parnassus around 1000 B.C., a goat herdsman stumbled across a “burning spring” rising from a fissure in a rock…

Brazilian Cultural Folklore Research Brazilian folklore is filled with European,African and Native American legends.They practiced Catholicism and Protestantism.A legend is something you may believe is true. A myth is a story that can be told but it’s a false belief or idea.A fairytale is magical and imaginary story. The brazilian culture believed in lots of myths and fairytales.Brazilian culture favored myths more..They celebrated New Years every year.Some traditions included sports,parades…

When I was two years old, I informed my mother that, in my expert opinion, there was probably an Ankylosaurus in our backyard, and I needed to use one of our spare toothbrushes to excavate it. 14 years later, when a friend was unsure if I was concussed, she didn’t ask my name, but what I wanted to study when I grew up, because how quickly I answered, “avian paleobiology and the evolution of flight in theropods” was their best measure of my potential memory loss. All my life I have wanted to…

and are based on religion. Fairy Tales include imaginary creatures, sometimes magic, and has the theme of good versus evil. Australian folklore is counted as an urban legend, Australia’s stories about the aborigine’s is heavily concentrated in mythology. Aborigine’s can transform from or into human beings, or natural species. Australia’s values are not exclusive…

The legend I can relate to the most is "The Great Flood". I can relate to it the most because I'm religious and it comes from the Bible, and I also live in a corrupt time period. It is the story of a flood sent by God to wipe all the evil off the earth. He made the chose because he saw how evil and wicked mankind was becoming. He started to regret ever creating them. So, He decided to create a massive flood that would wipe everything off the face of the earth, just so there would be no more…

In contemporary times, the word “myth” signifies a misrepresentation of facts, rumors, or imaginary stories. According to William Bascom, “Myths are prose narratives which, in the society in which they are told, are considered to be truthful accounts of what happened in the remote past (9). In other words, a myth narrates important historical, religious, and social aspects of a period, but contains a famous cultural hero that mirrors that society. For example, the life and death of the Volscian…

In William Paden’s chapter entitled “Myth”, from Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion, Paden explores the role of myth in relation to religion, and how the two create a reality that humans exist and partake in. Paden’s definition of myth indicates that myth is used as a way to explain what is difficult to understand and makes sense of the world by forming narratives. These narratives become integral parts of a culture and create a reality that gives truth to the myths told. The…

Hidden Intellectualism, is something that is in the very essence of Greek/Roman Mythology. In fact, the idea of the myths existing without intellectualism is humorous thought. This is do to the fact that if the ability for people to question and debate on the events and choices of the stories and characters was not a thing, then the popularity and general acknowledgment of their existence would have caused them to be forgotten. To add to that, the vast number of stories helps to add many ways…