bierlein: what is myth?
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Bierlein: What is Myth?. Language and Myth Time and Myth Sacred Time vs. Profane Time History and Myth Civic Myth Morality and Myth . the projection of human features or qualities on the divine. 32. theriomorphism personification anthropomorphism aetiology. 28. 10. Mean = 2.8214. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Bierlein: What is Myth?
• Language and Myth• Time and Myth• Sacred Time vs. Profane Time• History and Myth• Civic Myth• Morality and Myth
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the projection of human features or qualities on the divine
Mean = 2.8214
1 2 3 4
0% 0%
82%
18%
1. theriomorphism2. personification3. anthropomorphism4. aetiology
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A separate time for a separate reality that transcends everyday routine
Mean = 1.069
1 2 3
93%
0%7%
1. sacred2. profane3. mealtime
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Which of the following is not an example of sacred time?
Mean = 2.1379
1 2 3 4
0%7%
0%
93%
1. Christian Eucharist2. a wristwatch3. the Jewish Sabbath4. a football game
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Bierlein: What is Myth?
• Language and Myth• Time and Myth• Sacred Time vs. Profane Time• History and Myth• Civic Myth• Morality and Myth
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Myths, History and Material Culture
Was there a Troy?Was there a Trojan War?Was there a Trojan Horse?
Was there a labyrinth?Was there a minotaur?Was there a King Minos?
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Troy (Ilium)
Iliad = the story of Ilium
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Heinrich Schliemann
Born: January 6, 1822 in Neu-Buckow / Mecklenburg, Germany Died: December 26, 1890 in Naples / Italy
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Hissarlik
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Troy Today
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Priam’s Gold
Troy “Rich in Gold”
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Important Dates• c.2000 B.C. Troy II (Priam’s Troy?)• c.1250 B.C. Troy VIIa destroyed by fire• 1183 B.C. Traditional Date for the Fall of Troy • 1871-1873 Schliemann excavates at Hissarlik• 1945 Priam’s Treasure disappears in the ruins of
Berlin• 1993 Treasure reappears in Pushkin Museum in
Moscow
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Myth and History
Odysseus’ Boar Tusk Helmet / Historical
World behind the Trojan War; MC at Troy; Schliemann;
Mycenae; Knossos / Plan of Knossos / Chronology / Timeline of Roman History /
Timeline
West Africa: Sunjata
http://orias.berkeley.edu/hero/sunjata/interview.html
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World Tricksters
• Sisyphus• Hermes (Mercury)• Prometheus• Shaharazade• Anansi (Beirlein 159-165)
• Maui (Bierlein 111-115)
• Coyote• Brer Rabbit
Why are almost all tricksters MALE?
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Tricksters
Trickster Tales / Native American Trickster Tales /
Trickster & Coyote Links / Riddle of the Trickster /
Transformations of the Trickster
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Trickster Characteristics
• a mischievous or roguish figure• vulgar but sacred• makes up for physical weakness
with cunning and subversive humor
• alternates between cleverness and stupidity, kindness and cruelty, deceiver and deceived, breaker of taboos and creator of culture