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| Question | Answer |
| What is a myth? | a myth is an unreal, or unprovable story that a plot that often describes unexplainable things such as natural and cosmic events. they are usually culturally specific and are orally transmitted. only myths have gods and goddesses and many have heroes and monsters also. many also explain how a people or the world came to be. they are entertaining but often have a moral undertone. |
| Why is a Hercules not a myth? | a myth is a story with a beginning, middle and end. Hercules is a character in a myth but not an actual myth himself. |
| Where does the word myth come from? | it comes from the Greek word Mythos which means a powerful speech such as the words of a king. it was not a word means untrue as it is seen now |
| mythos was most likely first used by who in the 8th Century BC? | Homer, who was a poet and a writer during this time. He is thought to have written many classic Greek myths either from his own mind or from stories he had heard. he used Mythos to describe a powerful speech in his poems and stories |
| How did the meaning of Mythos start to change in the 6th century BC? | the poet Pindar stated that some of Homers stories were false mythos, or untrue statements. Pindar wanted to write only true mythos, not pretend stories. |
| Who wrote about myths in the 5th and 4th centuries BC? | Plato wrote about myths and was one of the first people to state that some themes in myths, such as incest, were not appropriate for children. he also made the distinction between a mythos and a logos |
| what is a Logos? | a rational and reasonable statement that implies credibility. It also often has an author while a mythos does not. |
| Who was Plato's students and what did he contribute to the idea of myth? | Aristotle was a philosopher but also a literary critic. he defined a mythos as a story with a beginning, middle and an end. he also said that also mythos are not true that can be interpreted in a positive way and benefit people. |
| How did the study of myth change after the enlightenment period (18th and 19th century)? | before this period, people studied myths to find out if they were true or not. after there truth didn't matter so much as there social effects on people. |
| What is a physical allegory? how could you argue that it is the main idea behind myths. how could you appose it. | its a myth that explains nature such as weather, the planets, comets and other natural phenomenons. for it, the head god or goddess is often a nature god, like Zeus being the god of lightning and storms. The myths follow the laws of nature with the gods and goddesses looking human. against it, this allegory doesn't explain the gods that have nothing to do with the planets or the myths that have nothing to do with nature |
| What is Anthropomorphism? | human characteristics that are applied to non-human creatures of objects |
| What is a Historical Allegory? how could you argue for it? against it? | either an aetiological or moral allegory. Aetiological comes from the Greek word aetion whcih means origin or beginning. these are myths that explain the origin of a people and/or the world. A moral allegory has to contain some type of moral dilemma. for, it explains why so many myths talk about how religious customs and social norms came to be such as why Athena's alter is in a different place then all the rest. against, not all myths have a moral dilemma or an origin description. |
| What is an allegory? | a symbolic representation |
| What is the physiological view on the purpose of myths? why is this flawed? | these myths are products of a persons personal dreams and psych. people are able to identify with the hero and allows for some psychological needs to be met. tragic plays also allow a person to feel negative emotions and then let them go and be glad there life isn't so bad. this does not explain most myths like why Zeus is the god of thunder. |
| What was Freud's theory on Myths? | he stated that all myths were the express of the unconscious mind, in other words the products of dreams. |
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