Week One Discussions – What Is “Myth?”

Week One Discussions – What Is “Myth?”
What is myth? How will we define it for this class, how is it defined in popular culture, and what is the difference between the two definitions? In your discussion,

please include answers to two of the following sub-questions related to your Learning Resources reading for this week:
•    What is the difference between myth and other narratives such as folktales, fairy tales, and urban legends?
•    How do scholars approach the study of myth? How do you interpret a specific myth using a particular scholar’s approach to myth?
•    How does the language of myth differ from everyday language?
•    How are myths related to specific cultural contexts?
•    What cultures have myths, and where are these cultures located in the world?

References

http://saleonard.people.ysu.edu/History%20of%20Mythology%201.html
http://saleonard.people.ysu.edu/History%20of%20Mythology%202.html
http://mythicjourneys.org/passages/septoct2003/newsletterp9.html

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