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mythology
definitions and creation myths
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Undergraduate 1
09/24/2009

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ANTHROPOMORPHISM

Definition

PRACTICE OF ATTRIBUTING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO SOMETHING NOT HUMAN

USUALLY A DIETY

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HELLENISTIC PERIOD
Definition

GREEK HISTORY FOLLOWING ALEXANDERS DEATH IN 323 BC AND CHARACTERIZED BY A CREATIVE SYNTHESEIS OF NAITIVE (HELLINIC) AND EASTERN

CULTURES

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MINOAN
Definition
NAMED AFTER MYTHICAL KING MINOS REIGENED OVER KNOSSOS NO WRITTEN TEXTS APPEARED TO WORSHIP  A FEMINIE DIETY
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MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
Definition

ARRIVED IN GREECE AT THE END OF THIRD WITH MILLENIUM BROUGHT WITH THEM THE WORSHIP OF SUN GOD ZEUS/MYCENAEAN TEXTS FORM OF WRITING KNOWN AS LINEAR B REVEAL SEVERAL FAMILAIR NAMES INCLUDING ZEUS AND HERA

NO TEXTS SURVIVE JUST PICTURES ON VASES

COULD BE CONSIDERED A PICTOGRAPH

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DARK AGES
Definition
BETWEEN 1200-1100BC AFTER THE DECLINE OF THE MYCENAEAN COLLAPSE A PERIOD IN HISTORY THAT WAS CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINE IN POPULATION,ECONOMIC IMPOVERSHMENT AND CORRESPONDING IMPOVERSHMENT OF THE MATERIAL CULTURE
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ARCHAIC PERIOD
Definition

800-480 BC GREECE REBORN INTO CITY STATES

OLYMPIC GAMES WERE FOUNDED(776 BC)

HOMERSILIAD/ODYSSEY WRITTEN FIRMLY PUTTING ORAL TRADITIONS TO WRITTEN FORM

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sIGMUND FRUED
Definition
ARGUED THAT DREAMS REPRESENTED MYTHS IN A WAY OFFERED VALUBABLE INSIGHT TO THE HUMAN PSHYCE (A WISH FULL FILLER ) LATER COULD ALSO EXPRESS THE DREAMERS ANXIETY
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CARL JUNG
Definition

STRUCK BY THE SIMILARITY SIMILAIRITY OF MYTHS IN DIFFRENT CULTURES

CREATED THE ARCHETYPE- A MODEL BY ALL OTHERS ARE FOLLOWED

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ARCHETYPE
Definition
THE ORIGINAL BY WHICHALL OTHERS ARE COPIED
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ANIMA
Definition

INTERNAL EXPRESSION OF ARCHETYPE FEMALE AS PER JUNG PRESENT IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE

 

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ANIMUS
Definition

INTERNAL EXPRESSION OF THE MALE PHYCHES

PRESENT IN MALE AND FEMALE

Term
SHADOW
Definition
THE SINISTER FORCE IN THE MIND RESPONSIBLE FOR UNCONSCIOUS FEAR,HATRED ,ENVY UNSATISFIED DESIRE WITHIN THE HUMAN PERSONALITY
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PARTHENOGENIS
Definition
A PHENOMENON BY WHICH MALE/FEMALE CAN REPRODUCE WITHOUT HAVING SEX
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FACTORS OF ALL CREATION MYTHS
Definition

1. REARRANGEMENT OF GODS

FROM MARTRAICHAIL TO PATRIARCHY

2. HEAVANS WARS (HOW THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED)

3 HOW MAN WAS MADE AND HOW HE FITS INTO THE WORLD (CLOSET TO THE GODS)

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cosmogony
Definition
a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe,the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
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cosmology
Definition
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and esp. with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom.
Term
BA
Definition
Body Mind
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Ka
Definition
Spirited essence-Individual
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AKha
Definition
Universal Essence
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Eygptians Moral code
Definition
Eygyptians belived that if they behaved in a certain way they would recieve a reward and go to another world
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Sparagmos
Definition
ritual mutilation of the divine/human
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