ANTA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Trobriand Islands, Cargo Cult, Voodoo2
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Stories that work to guide how to deal with critical problems that humans face as well as an explanation of things that are not understood. Often they encode cultural values and instruct people on their place in the world and how they should relate to it. Tell what is right or wrong, how they relate within society. Sometimes used to justify certain relationships (e. g. , gender norms, human-environment relations). Origin myths describe how the world began, and often where people fit into this scheme. Is something that we all do in our society. Formal (stylized, repetitive, and stereotyped) behaviour performed in specific places at set times - not necessarily religious. A ritual must fit into four categories. 2) it must be set off from the routines of day to day life, 3) it must follow some sort of ritual scheme, and. 4) it must be encoded in myth, symbols, and meaning.
