Myth

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Myth

• What is myth?

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What is Myth?

• A belief unsupported by fact- e.g. Professors are
  absent minded!

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What is MYTH?

• Stories of Gods and Heroes which we do not
  believe.

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What is Myth?

• From the Greek word mythos meaning story.

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What is Myth?

• Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities
  of the human life . . . J.Campbell

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What is Myth?

• Myth helps you to put your mind in touch with the
  experience of being alive. . . J. Campbell

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What is Myth?

• Myths are serious stories that reflect a
  societys spiritual foundations. . .
• D. Rosenberg

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What is Myth?

• Myths direct us inward . . . Who am I?
• D. Rosenberg

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What is Myth?

• A marvelous world of metaphor that breathes life
  into the essential human story. D. Leeming

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What is Myth?

• Myths are the Masks of God. Campbell

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Types of Myth

• Creation
• Flood
• Afterlife
• Apocalypse
• Gods

• Hero
• Fertility
• Places
• Objects
• Modern

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Creation

• How the universe began
• Man and Woman
• God and Human
• Good versus Evil

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Flood

• Destruction
• Salvation
• Rebirth
• Cleansing

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Afterlife

• Death
• Rebirth
• Heaven
• Hell
• Reincarnation

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Apocalypse

• Destruction of Earth
• Destruction of Humans

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Gods

• Earth
• Sky
• Male
• Female
• Original
• Secondary
• Pantheons
• Singular

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Hero

• Heroes Journey
• The Quest
• The Underworld
• Demons and Dragons
• Femme Fatale
• Reward
• Return

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Fertility

• Rites
• Human
• Natural
• Rebirth

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Objects

• Cauldrons
• Spears
• Chalices
• Swords
• Wheels
• Serpents
• Food
• Rings

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Sacred Places

• Olympus
• Valhalla
• Hades
• Glastonbury

• The Ganges
• Middle Earth
• Atlantis
• Stonehenge

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Modern Myth

• Lord of the Rings
• Robin Hood
• King Arthur
• Star Wars
• James Bond