NMC102H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Comparative Mythology, Near East, Semitic People
15 Sep 2016
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Chapter 1 the scope and significance of sumerian mythology. Origin and development of comparative mythology followed closely upon that of comparative philology, the science devoted to language and literature. It soon became evident that some of the old testament material was mythological in character, since it presented clear parallels and resemblances to the myths recovered from egyptian and babylonian sources (26). And so the study of comparative mythology, following in the footsteps of philology and linguistics, was no longer restricted to the ancient indo- Europeans; it now included the ancient semites and egyptians (26). Development of anthropology became significant for study of comparative mythology. Semitic people: 3500-2000 bc inhabited sumer, land between tigris and. Sumerian mythological tales and concepts must have penetrated and permeated those of the entire near east.
