Ethan aha Myth-Folklore

Story Lab Mythology      I really enjoyed the Crash Course Mythology videos. Mike Rugnetta explains everything in a well-spoken manner. In the first video, he laid out the definition of mythology that was going to be used. If something is referred to as a myth, it doesn't assign any truth value to it. That is to say, it doesn't make it definitively true or false. Myths are simply stories that hold a powerful significance in conceptualizing certain functions of the world and society. They are also stories that have staying power, such as lasting for centuries or millennia.       Episode 12 discussed varying theories of mythology in progression from the archaic to the more modern. It was very interesting to hear the variety of vastly different theories about the psychological, scientific, political, and religious nature of mythology. Such figures as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Joseph Cambell, and Levi-Strauss were presented with their respective t...

Andromeda and the Sea Monster      Bibliography. "Ovid's Metamorphoses" from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Tony Kline  Web Source      Reading Notes:      * Narcissus falls in love with his reflection      * He gets turned into a flower      * Echo tries to seduce Narcissus      * Perseus saves Andromeda from the sea monster

The Flood      Reading Notes:       * Jupiter and Neptune flood the world      * Jupiter sees that Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha have survived and that they are innocent worshippers of the gods. Jupiter orders the seas to calm and the waters to recede.       * The human race is re-created.      * Jupiter falls in love with Io.      * Phaethon almost destroys the Earth with the fire of the Sun.