HUM 2020 Lecture 1: PART I
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Magic: ritual or art to control nature & gods a) imitation. b) Lascaux cave: art for sympathetic magic; control of the. F. (irrigation) and breeding of animals = surplus. : large permanent settlements = standard ( gift of the gods ) = records, history. Institutions for centralized & inherited power a) for centralized sacred rituals b) structure (pharaoh = king of egypt) for centralized political and social. Definition of myth: story form (poetry) vs. philosophical. 1. or scientific explanation; typically involving gods and ancestors with supernatural power to explain the origin of s. t. Bible: genesis 1-2 a) b) humans have power to rule like god c) why we like to farm & dig into dirt. Ovid, metamorphoses (greek, handout) a) blood of titans (murderous and criminal) and stones (endurance) Origins of humans: sacred clay (wise and rules), People and their gods (chapter 1 & 2) Visual arts: gods as human and animal= symbolic dorm.
