RLST 012 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arnold Van Gennep, Kachina, Great Spirit

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RLST 012
• Professor: juliusbailey

Document Summary

Can you detect any bias? (for the readings) Thursday will be a theoretical approach to religious myths/rituals. Don"t say since the beginning of time . The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek - joseph campbell. Hero"s journey (joseph campbell - the hero with a thousand faces) Key terms in the analysis of myth : Recurring patterns of human behavior, symbolized by standard types of characters. Villains and enemies, perhaps the enemy within repressed possibilities of the hero, his or her potential for evil repressed emotions without an outlet. One who brings the call to adventure person/event. Creatures who can change shape, represent change. Forces that stand in the way of important turning points (can be one"s. Characters who help the hero through the change. They should be good servants and very intelligent, for i have observed that they soon repeat everything that is said to them, and i believe that they would easily be made.