CLA204H1 Lecture : What is Myth

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14 Feb 2012
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Hard to define what kind of story is meant (how to differentiate from other kinds of stories. ) One useful definition: a traditional tale with collective importance. + mythical characters have myths told about them. + myths often explain a ritual or cult. + sometimes (especially divine myths) in distant, not-of-this-world places like olympus and hades. + more commonly, mapped onto the geography known to the ancient. + some myths (especially divine myths) are set outside time as understandable to human beings. + many (especially legends) are set in the distant past, but witihn time as conceived by humans. Explain the world as it is today. Pass on the values to next generations. + absence of real records from the distant past. These functions are collective they pertain to the community. These are just some of the functions proposed by scholars. + no one explanation is sufficient to account for all myths.

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