CLST 2090 : Mythology Test 1
Document Summary
Some stories illustrate the truth (prodigal son: mueller- 1900, all ancient myths are actually about nature. Jung- same kinds of myths turn up in all cultures. Collective unconscious- group of ideas that all human beings are born with, myths express these. Anima- idea that men have of women, women drive men crazy, animus- idea that women have of men, violent and destructive. Levi-strauss- humans obsessed with conflict, human body is binary, humans think in terms of two, pairs often opposites, basic human experience is conflict, myths present these: marx- believed in common ownership of everything. Freud- all human life is driven by sexuality, all myths about sex. Castration anxiety- fear that a female is going to cut it off. Zeus- king of all the gods, has as much sex as he can, married to hera. Semele- human girl zeus was sleeping with: hera- disguised herself and went to semele, told her he appears as he really is with hera.
