CLASS 40 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Poseidon, Odysseus, Eleusinian Mysteries
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Theme: there are many ways myths work. Nature myth: myths explain the natural world. Different gods in polytheism are the answer to questions humans have. Aetiology: explains the origins of things from the human world. Charter myth: attempts to explain something about society and the human world. Myth validates existing communal institutions, beliefs, and practices. Example: sacrificing animals are justified because of the myth of. Supply the rationale for some ritual or custom, explaining how it started and must be repeated. Internal: explaining myth as arising from some aspect of human nature that can explain the world. Id: psychic and sexual energy, fuels the emotions of fear and desire. Ego: conscious self i, sense of individuality. Myth is a product of archetypes (patterns) These patterns came from the way human nature works. Spring the unconscious of the entire human race. Anima/us are determined by the feelings derived from direct experiences with other people.
