Myths And Psychology

The use of language in myths creates a sacred status for scriptures and their oral equivalents. Myths use language that invokes the gods and higher beings for events and tales. By invoking this higher being, the actions in the scriptures evolve from simple folk tales into something greater. The something greater in question is a way of life, myths like the bible do not only recited actions of an all-powerful god, but it proves the reader with a special lifestyle. A lifestyle based on the language of the sacred texts and oral traditions, which commands the believer to accept a different reality. A reality based on the language used in their faith, a reality that is not based on what a person read or heard but instead “to be recited, chanted, intoned, learned…They are reached out for and held on in times of need”.

In 10 Myths About Psychology, Ben Ambridge discusses many of the myths that are used in psychology. The first common myth is about gender. Many believe that women are better with grammar and men are more intelligent when it comes to reading maps. While this is true the difference between the two genders in each of these subjects is very minimal. However, many believe that there is a dramatic difference. Another interesting myth involves being a right or left brained learner. In school many are led to believe that one side of the brain involves creativity and the other works with equations. Depending on which side of the brain is more active dictates which type of learner a person is. This leads to the assumption that left-handed people

Mythology is something that has always gone hand in hand with human development, so it must be addressed in relation to the human psychology as well as the impact that human culture has on an individual’s psychology. In order to interpret mythology accurately, a variety of psychological approaches must be used in order to guarantee an adequate understanding of the material. The most useful approaches originate from the schools of thought initiated by Sigmund Freud and Caldwell’s work in theoretical psychology, and they are very helpful when used to interpret Hesiod’s myths The Sacred Marriage of Uranus and Gaia and Their Offspring/The Castration of Uranus and the Birth of Aphrodite (M&L, p64-66, 72-73)

Myth is a body of story that matters—the patterns present in mythology run deeply in the human psyche

Myths organize the way we perceive and understand our reality. Myths grant stability to a culture, and in this respect; serve to explain the unexplainable. From Barbra Sproul’s perspective, creation myths reveal basic religious concerns pertaining to how the universe was formed, and how people or societies are fashioned. Myths speak of the transcendent and unknowable aspects in a drama that attempt to reveal and give reason to human existence and where man stands in the cosmos. Through myth, the dimensions of space, nature and time are expressed in symbolisms that show how the holy can be experienced or conveyed if understood properly.

Often times we hear the word Myth and don’t have a complete understanding of what the word means. Mythology can vary greatly but it is one thing that countries, cultures, and religions have in common. While beliefs, knowledge, mythology and religion may intersect they also can differ greatly from each other. Like other countries myths have come to help sculpt and shape American cultural values and behaviors.

With this, Armstrong states that myths influence various cultures and societies, past and present. Myths gave emotional insight to many cultures, and allowed men and women to experience the insight firsthand. Though many people today view mythology as mere boring, uninteresting “fairytales” of unrealistic gods, Armstrong presents the underlying meanings lie in the pathetic fallacies within the myths, such as thunderstorm representing

Throughout childhood and adolescence, there are numerous events and situations that impact the rest of the person’s life. While these experiences can leave impressions on the individual's life ranging from future profession to possible criminal record, the way an author creates his work is almost always related to their childhood upbringing. Between topics, symbols, motifs, and themes, authors are more than likely to write from prior experience, which in most cases comes from youth life. Rick Riordan for example, author of numerous children’s literary series demonstrates various examples of how his early life affected numerous aspects of his literature.

Myths serve an important purpose in today’s world and modern society due to the way they teach morals and life lessons. Myths have an impact on the way we live our lives and the actions we take. Myths have a significant sociological function, helping us to understand ourselves as part of a wider human story, and where we fit within it.

For hundreds and hundreds of years people have been fascinated with all the aspects of the ancient Greek culture and mythology. Because of this avid interest in ancient Greek mythology, people have developed several different theories to explain these ancient myths. These theories range from trying to view myths in a rational way and interpreting them to explain natural occurrences to viewing myths using metaphors and psychology. While no one theory is correct or wrong for that matter, some theories fit certain myths better than others do. The ancient Greeks used many myths to try to explain what they could

Where the Wilds Things Are is a 2009 fantasy film directed by Spike Jonze, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak’s children book of the same name wrote in 1963. Max, the main character of 9 years old, retreats from the frustration of his life into fantasy, and so do we all. The movie works with the part of the human subconscious.

So many myths have multiple motifs that are similar to each other. Why are so many myths similar? Why do they share so many motifs? We may never know the answer, but I do have some valid points that may explain it a little bit better. Some motifs that multiple myths include: Creators using organic materials to form humans, ruler using floods to wipe out an entire race, and ruler having supreme power.

Myths are a valuable source of archetypes of human attitudes, themes and symbols. Myths not only deepen people’s knowledge about life and beliefs of the ancient Greeks, but also present the image of the contemporary worldview and system of values. They represent attitudes and patterns of timeless values, and raise the universal content. One of the most frequent themes of myths is the context of suffering. Suffering is not onlyt the domain of people, but suffering also affects gods and goddesses. Although Niobe and Demeter belonged to a fellowship of queens and goddesses, just like mortals they had to cope with adversity; they struggled with vices, and suffered pain. Moreover, they were subjected to fate as every human beings.

Myths are universal and transcendent through time; many ancient myths are seen recreated in modern times. The author uses Oedipus as a way of comparing myth to psychology. Dreams have also played a major role in civilization; the people who could interpret dreams can understand and create myths.

Mythos, the Greek word for myth means story, appertain to colorful tales that enlightens about the origins of humans and the universe. Myths, as amazing as it sounds, is also a cause for birth of new religions, where and how they originated. Many cultures have myths about how the gods and goddesses came to be, even elucidating the origin of humanity and its traditions. Even ideas about how this world of ours came to existence have many myths, creation myths behind it, disparate in every culture and society, which demonstrates a view on its role in the world. Mythology is simply the study of the myth. There are many psychological theories and meanings that explicate mythology. The most recurrent belief about the psychological value of myth is that myths emblematize contrasting elements of our own psyches or souls. The psychoanalytical frames of reference on myths have indisputably been ineluctable. Myths were and still are progressively seen as expressions of desideratum in the human psyche. But the big question is, what is the beneficence of mythology towards the amelioration of society? If there are myths to decipher or exhibit certain things, character or situations, there also are science and technology, which accommodate every explanation needed to understand each of those things. Many go to science for such interpretation, which conveys the impression of taking care of the signification behind all those natural phenomena,