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Title: 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
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