The world of myth notes

Callie Edwards
Professor Mosher
World Mythology
October 27
The World of Myth notes
Creation Myths
• Egyptian
o Notes
 Re is a god who gave birth to himself.
 Geb is the earth Nut is the sky.
 Spat out Shu and Tefnut
 People are created from his tears.
o Quotes
 “My soul is God, I am creator of this World.” Page 17
 “I was Re in  [all] his first manifestations: I was the great one who came into being himself,” Page 17
 “I planned in my heart how I should create other beings- the myriad forms of Khopri- and that there should come into being their children and theirs.” Page 18
• Mesopotamian
o Notes
 One of the oldest creation myths we have record of
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o Quotes
 “Naught but primordial Apsu, their begetter, (And) Mummu-Tiamat, she who bore them all, Their waters commingling as a single body; no reed hut had been matted, no marsh land had appeared.” Page 19
 “Do destroy, my father, the mutinous ways. Then shalt thou have relief by day and rest by night.” Page 20
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• Hebrew
• Indian
• Greek
• Christian
• Hopi
• Boshongo
• Big Bang
The Flood
• Mesopotamian
• Hebrew
• Chinese
• Indian
• Greco-Roman
• Mayan
The After Life
• Egyptian
• Greco-Roman
• Judeo-Christian
• Muslims
• Buddhist
• Hopi
The Apocalypse
• Hebrew
• Christian
• Indian
• Hopi
• Norse
• Modern entropy and Heat death
Pantheons
• Egyptian
• Greek
• Roman
• Norse
God as Archetype
1. Supreme Being
• Indian
• Hebrew
• Modern Immanent mind
2. Great mother
• Mesopotamian
• Modern Gaia as Earth
3. Dying God
• Egyptian
• Babylonian
• Phrygian
• Greek
• Aztec
• Christian
• Norse
4. The Trickster
• Greek
• Indian
• Shoshoni
• Fon
Gods, Goddess, and lesser spirits
• Greco-Roman
• Non-Greek
Hero Myths
1. Conception, birth and childhood
• Greek
i. Theseus
ii. A
iii. A
iv. A
v.
• Indian
i. Krishna
ii. A
• Irish
• Bantu
2. Journey and Quest
• French
• Greek
i. A
ii. A
iii. A
iv. A
v. A
• Celtic
• Hebrew
i.
• Roman
• Indian
• Native American
• African
• Australian Aboriginal
• Mesopotamian
3. Rebirth and Return
• Black Foot
• Christian
• Greek
• Aztec
Place and Object Myths
1. Mountain
• Hebrew
2. City
• Greek
i. Troy
ii.
• Hebrew
3. The Temple
• Judeo-Christian
• European
4. The Genitals
• Greek
i. A
ii.
• Apache
5. The Stone
• Phrygian
• Australian Aboriginals
• Hebrew
6. The Tree
• Indian
• Norse
• Hebrew
• Muslim
7. The Labyrinth
• Greek