Friday, January 18, 2013

Class Notes Jan. 9th - Jan. 14th

January 9th - Introduction to Class
Terms

  • mythos - Greek - story
  • myth - the precedent behind all actions
    • what comes before a story
    • stories before the story
      • original - go back to the origins
  • logos - the word
  • mythology  
    • mytho/logy - combination of mythos and logos
    • truth and story, truth of stories, truth about stories
  • in ilo tempore - in great time 
January 11th 
  • sparagmos - tear, pull to pieces, the act of tearing or mangling
Introduction to From Primitives to Zen by Mircea Eliade 
http://www.mircea-eliade.com/from-primitives-to-zen/ 

January 14th
  • Call to adventure - first stage in the hero's journey 
  • Bacchus - God of wine and merriment 
  • monomyth - the hero's journey 
All fairy tales are generative or diluted myths.
The importance of women in myths. A woman is behind every hero. They are the primary forces in stories.

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