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Mythology: Whole body of myths told by a particular culture. Myth: Basic working definition: traditional stories a societies tell itself that encode or represent the world view, belief, principles and often the fears of that society.
*I will have to tell you the source later. This professor lecture on greek and roman myth. She makes so much sense and explains and describes without asserting anything as more than speculation. -sm
Willows reply via email:I'm very intriged by the idea of a culture's history being recorded in their mythology, not just culture's that have oral histories but also those who have two distinct sets, the written war-based history and the mythological/fairy tale/veiled history. what can be revealed of facts of the shaping of a culture through these stories? what morals/values are indoctrinated to the youth through nursury rhymes and fairy tales. how do these relate to the actual events of a culture, or the evolution based on events?
*I will have to tell you the source later. This professor lecture on greek and roman myth. She makes so much sense and explains and describes without asserting anything as more than speculation. -sm
Willows reply via email:I'm very intriged by the idea of a culture's history being recorded in their mythology, not just culture's that have oral histories but also those who have two distinct sets, the written war-based history and the mythological/fairy tale/veiled history. what can be revealed of facts of the shaping of a culture through these stories? what morals/values are indoctrinated to the youth through nursury rhymes and fairy tales. how do these relate to the actual events of a culture, or the evolution based on events?
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