CLASSIC 45A Chapter 1: CLASSIC 45A READING NOTES CHAPTER 1
4 Oct 2018
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Other olympians of the canonical 12 include zeus"s offspring with mortals and goddesses. Considered olympian even though her birth precedes. 14 olympians listed here but not all are recognized by everyone, some stories exclude some of them. Myths are sacred (pertains to nonhuman beings, religion, and rituals), traditional (represent shared beliefs by a group/society, often begin as oral tales passed down by generation before recorded and written. Doty definition of myth: a myth exists in context. A particular society, a religious group within society, or even epitomizing society"s aesthetic values. One story in isolation can"t be a myth. Myths can be in many forms, but when in words it is usually filled with metaphors and symbols. Meaning of myths hidden in plots, metaphors, symbols. May be in visual medium, such as pic. Usually pic shows a key moment of a larger story, and also have symbolic meaning.
