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Thursday, August 28, 2014

The purpose of myths

1. 4 fundamental questions that myth addresses is: What is the nature in which I live? How do I relate to that universe? How much control do I have over my own life? What must I do in order to survive
2. 4 themes in world mythology are: The first parents are gods of sky and earth. The creator god usually makes the first human beings from part of the earth. The gods destroy at least one world of mortals by causing a great flood. In the world as in nature, birth, maturity, and death are often followed by rebirth.
3. The beginning of the universe for most major cultures start with the beginning of the universe a chaotic, formless mass that a god or pair of god separates the sky and the land.

4. Teaches the appropriate attitudes, values, and behaviors of that culture.

5. Their imperfections allow for people to relate with them.

6. The agriculture year 

7. An unconscious desire, wishes, fear, and drives that can not be preformed in reality.

8. People posses the intellectual capacity to understand the world in which they live 

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