GRST 209 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,3-5,8,9,13: Collective Unconscious, Etiology, Horae

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: James Hume

Document Summary

True myth/ myth proper: stories about gods and human kinds relationships with them. Saga/legend: related to history; even if it"s fanciful it still has historical fact. Folktales: for entertainment, stories of adventure and triumph. The word myth is derived from the greek word mythos which means word, speech, tale or story. Can be narrated orally but it"s usually in written form. May also be told of no words at all. Paintings, sculpture, music, dance, and mime or various forms of media such as drama, song, opera, or movies. Myth is a many- faceted personal and cultural phenomenon created to provide a reality and a unity to what is transitory and fragmented in the world that we experience. Etiology: from the greek word cause, the mythmaker is a primitive scientist using myths to describe facts that cannot otherwise be explained within the limits of societies knowledge at the time. Myths attempt to explain the origin of our physical world.