Monday, March 8, 2010

Mythology Reflected

The text "Myth & Knowing" has an adaquate collection of world mythology with valuable introductions for each section. In addition to the trickster chapter I was assigned, I read the first section which outlines the purposes and definitions of mythology. My knowledge keeps getting brought back to Plato and his theories- this guy is everywhere and I can't get away from him! I most enjoyed the history of logos versus mythos. I like to think that logos are the events inspired by mythology that are based on true historical events, while the mythos relies on manmade discourse- like the archtypes and plot stories. tbc

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