WOMS210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gynocentrism, Marija Gimbutas, Creation Myth

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WOMS210
• Professor: Naccarelli Reese Jennifer

Document Summary

A sacred story that contains a symbolic truth and uses symbols and metaphors to pint to the truth which lies beyond the immediate environment. Believed the religions of the world to be the various, culturally influenced (cid:862)(cid:373)asks(cid:863) of the same fundamental, transcendent truths (cid:862)truth is o(cid:374)e, the sages speak of it (cid:271)y (cid:373)a(cid:374)y (cid:374)a(cid:373)es(cid:863) The social function of myth: myths help to integrate members of a community into their proper roles, myths help people handle crisis, it provides examples of how to handle adversity, myths portray desirable and undesirable character traits. Three main types of myths: creation, these myths tell us where we came from and why we are here, eschatological, these myths tell us where we are going. What happens after you die: alienation, these myths tell us how evil came into the world and how we can overcome it. They explain how and why we became separated from the divine.