CLAS 203 Lecture 3: CLAS 203 - Lecture 2 - Myth Classification and Geography
3 Oct 2015
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Myth classification, the study of myth, geography. Types of myth by character/myth classification supernatural beings. , gods and goddesses: divine myth ( true myth) : focus on. Events in unreal time and place: legend (saga) focus on human beings. Hero: more than human because they accomplished something more than the average human more like the gods. May contain element of historical truth: folktale e. g. cinderella, beauty and the beast: focus on human beings. Often has happy ending, just reward, moral to the story. Distinctive aspects: motif (regularly appearing identifiable narrative pattern) *most greek myths: mix of legend/folktale aition: etiology myths (greek. Divine myths: explain the way the world is. >the origins/destruction of the elemetns of the universe. >the origins/destruction of the elements of the universe e. g. creation of myths. Divine myth: explain the way the world is. >related to rituals, which came first, (chicken or egg) >entertain, teach: recording and compiling the myths of a given culture.
