CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Erebus, Epic Poetry, Ex Nihilo
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Powell: when powell is talking its considered as secondary, but when he is quoting something its considered as primary. When there is the repetition of phrases and lines is considered as oral compositions. A creation myth (mercia eliade) is an axis mundi. A point where the divine and natural world both exist. There are several types of creation myths: ex nihilo out of nothing. Where a deity (god) creates the cosmos: diver a god sending down a divine animal. This animal develops into the earth (?: emergence there is a process of evolution. This original unity breaks up into segments, different elements that make up the earth. There is a diffusion in the creation of the universe. It is not one of many, it is the one that survived: Ex: epic poem big scale picture things . It is known as an epic (meaning wordy: hesiod: the first european to describe himself in words.
