CLC 106 Lecture 2: CLC 106 8/24
Document Summary
A story comes from greek word mythos (story, tale or speech) True myth is sometimes used to designate stories about the gods and human relations with them. Saga/ legend: story set in the past; based on history but not historically accurate. Short imaginative, traditional tales, with a high moral and magical content. Cannot completely distinguish from folktales but often designed for children. Graham anderson fairytale in the ancient world . Used the word myth to mean the plot of a play; developed association with fiction. Myths have a beginning, middle, and end. Something bad would happen but the tension would release by catharsis. Myths may be used to explain the unexplainable; can be based on what was once thought to be fact. Myths endure even if knowledge of facts. Myths may be believed as aspect of religion. Greeks and romans had religious ceremonies connected to myths, Believed myth was related to timelessness of religion.
