CLST 2090 Chapter : Introduction To Mythology 8 26 15
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Primitive myths: make some sense out of human experience. Theories of mythology: muller, german, concluded that all myths were about nature and natural phenomenon. Levi-strauss: french anthropologists, a lot of research of the human brain: both sides of the brain have diff functions. Can function separately: the human body is a binary body (two matching halves, how often human beings think in terms of two. Ideas often come in pairs: these pairs are usually in opposition to each other, the basic human experience is the experience of conflict, our lives are obsessed with conflicts, the myths present conflicts and then resolve them. Charles darwin: nothing is more important than economics . Descises herself to semele and gets her to say that he loves her more than his own wife: hera says no he doesn"t. He apparears to her as he really is. He doesn"t appear to semele as he really is (god almighty).
