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Foundations of Mythology Short Answers
KellyTotten
HUM/105 – World Mythology
Dr. Mark Vander Meer
10/12/2011

1. How is the word myth used popularly? For example, what does the statement, “It’s a myth” mean? In contrast, how is the word myth used in the academic context? After considering the definition in your textbooks and course materials, write a definition in your own words.

Instinctively, the word myth brings to mind fantastical stories of good and evil and the inevitable triumph of good. Reading the recommended materials for this class however, has brought me to a new, yet not formed direction of thinking. Playing in the woods as a young boy with my two older sisters they would employ the boogey man scare, I would …show more content…

I think if we all understood the same things the same way we would lose our imagination. Imagination is what I feel links me to the not yet understood; I can only conclude that is why there are vast differences and yet striking similarities to myths throughout the world.
What is the relationship between belief, knowledge, mythology, and religion? Where do mythology and religion intersect? Where do they diverge? Think about the function of myth and religion in helping human beings cope with change, suffering, loss, and death.

I think the intersection of religion and mythology is not really an intersection at all, more a parallel with variances, not having read a lot of mythology yet I can only opine that since the bible has described divine powers and miracles happening at the will of GOD and later JESUS, that much mythology has similarities. Just as in the Bible stories are told to teach through identifiable situations, connecting with your audience is key to effect. My step daughter lost her biological father four years ago, we leaned heavily on prayer, our church and GOD to get us through, my daughter realized through her own readings that: life will go on, her daddy was sick and GOD needed him home, he wasn’t sick anymore, she told us one morning she was sad and JESUS held her hand until she fell asleep last night. I

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