CLASS 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Middle Ages, Caveman, Physis
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Nomos vs. cultura: wolf is nature, dog is culture, horses are cultural animals too. Myth is closely associated with religion: religion is the oldest myth (religion is older since cavemen, had rituals some people didn"t know why invented stories to explain rituals, myth is secondary to religious action. If there are no gods in greek tradition, there"s no myth gods are essential. When people dream, they"re weird compared to ordinary life -> resemble ordinary life but weird: people believed if you can interpret people"s dreams, you can figure out what"s wrong with them. E. g. coach too: these archetypes exist in myths from around the world must be human nature, evolutionary* Dresses it up by using fancy names and mysticism but life is actually ordinary: e. g. sons grow up with difficult lives, screw up, grow up, etc, fathers disappoint their sons.
