HISTORY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oxford Annotated Bible, Mircea Eliade, Trobriand Islands
10 Sep 2016
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Myth as true science: genesis 1:2: and on the seventh day god finished his work. , genesis 2:7: then the lord god formed man of dust from the ground and breathed life into his nostrils . Myth as a primitive science (or pre-science: myth is not modern science, but religious per-science myth and science are incompatible, e. b. World and makes it what it is today: myth is a universal response because it"s universal, we can compare myths of different cultures (phenomenology) Atonement and return, instruction : star wars (george lucas, 1977, monomyth of our time. Kees bolle: myth is humorous, irrational language that liberates us from reason: how, 1. Dimming opposites (heaven and earth not separates, light and dark: 2. Inverse effect (something terrible leads to unexpected bliss: 3. Subjective aspect (e. g. narrator"s connection to divine in narrating myth: 4.
