Folklore

In Umberto Eco’s “The Myth of Superman”, he describes Superman as being a mythical character. Since he describes Superman as being mythical, he draws on this description to human beings. Unlike human beings Superman wasn’t born on earth, he was born on planet Krypton, already making himself unknown to the real world. In Eco’s essay he goes deeper in depth on creating an image for superman and the unrealism that people foreshadow him to be. Eco states in his essay that there are…

A Crime Myth can be described as an inaccurate belief or exaggerated depiction of Crime that is widely believed. Crime myths are usually created from a factor of things. According to Kappeler and Potter the stories must be reported in epidemic proportions, that incite fear and outrage in Americans, eventually leading to some type of institutional control or policy. Characterizations normally include targeting a “deviant population,” the idea of the “helpless” or “innocent” victim, the “Virtuous…

Brandon Parisi Mythology 12/1/2015 The Hercules – Jesus Christ Parallel Myth and religious philosophical system are generally recognized as two entirely different things. Myths are usually referred to as a fictitious story or a one-half -truth; often they are tale shared between groups of people that are part of a cultural society. Religious belief is a solidification of impression concerning the cause, and purpose of the macrocosm, and often containing an ethical code dictating appropriate Hu…

Myths and legends are stories that are passed down through many generations. Myths are usually used to convey some type of lesson or theme. Some stories, like Siegfried for example, have biblical allusion or symbolism. Even stories, aside from myths, have biblical allusion. For example, In Ernest Hemingway's novel “The Old Man and the Sea” the title references Noah and the Ark. But allusions don’t always have to be biblical. Some allusions can be from other media and used to convey another…

Legends, a mix of truth and fantasy that's passed down for many of years and will continue to be passed down for many more. We’ve all heard legends of mystic beast roaming in the sea such as the kraken. The kraken has always been a legend in our stories, but what if it wasn't just a legend? It is said that all legends have a hint of truth in them the legend of the kraken is no different. Over years of evidence such as gigantic tentacles being found and constant stories of sea captains our…

Many people claim they do not believe in urban legends, however, some urban legends have the power to make people stop and question themselves. What if these legends that are passed down from generation to generation by the word of mouth or electronically have truth to them? A few years ago, when I started to babysit, my older siblings told me about one of the most notorious urban legends, the Babysitter and the Man Upstairs. This legend is about a teenager who is babysitting, when a mystery man…

Fairy tales and the telling of fairy tales cannot be traced to an exact date, but tracings do show that they have been continued to spread from generation to generation for over a hundred years. They were made to set an example, mark an occasion, warn about dangers, and even communicate knowledge. Though many involve magic and fantasy worlds that people tended to actually believe, these people are no different from the people today who believe in miracles or even religion.They have been alive…

Mythology can refer to collected myths in which they tell to explain nature, history and customs. Some may think that myth and mythology is the same thing, well no they’re not. A myth is used to refer to the stories told and mythology which I said before is used to refer the study and analysis of those stories. Relating to mythology, religion can also be used to refer as an idea of history, and nature. Religion is belief in a supernatural power. Religion and mythology can have a lot of things in…

All across the world, there are bizarre, unusual mythologies used to explain the unknown. Perhaps some of the three most known mythologies can also be some of the most bizarre. These mythologies are the Norse, Greek, and Japanese mythologies. Norse mythology is a unique mythology, unlike most other mythologies it does not follow law or order, it stays on the brink of becoming chaos. The Norse mythology is not like other mythologies where they believe there are only a few planes of existence…

Within Dr. Mullen’s Religion 150 Intro into Sacred Texts course, we discussed about Harold Coward’s idea fundamental orality. During a class discussion, we examined in depth how vital of a role Coward’s fundamental orality served within the studies of religious’ texts. In his very own book Scriptures in the World Religions, Coward claims, “Although the world religions begin with oral scripture as primary, all at some pint experience the need for a written text. But even then the written text…