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Myths are complicated for a number of reasons. First, the line between religion and myths can be very blurry. Also, the origin, author, or why it was written is not often known. Even if it is written by someone like Homer for instance, it turns out it was just being translated and it's not the actual origin.
Origin stories are where a happening is explained through the story of a myth. For instance, the story of Persephone. She is kidnapped by Hades and he tricks her or she eats on her own accord 6 pomegranate seeds. Because of this she has to spend 6 months out of the year in the underworld with Hades and the other 6 she is allowed to stay with her parents in Olympus. This is used to explain why we have seasons because when Persephone was home, her mother would make all the crops bloom and the sun would shine and fields would be bountiful. However, when Persephone was gone, her mother would mourn for how much she missed her. She would make it cold and so nothing could grow until Persephone came back.
Video 2:
Euhemerism: "myths as primitive explanations of the natural world or as time distorted accounts of long-past historical accounts."
An example of this is how there is the theory that Zeus was actually a human king. His doings were just so great that as his stories were told over time they were morphed into stories where he was portrayed as a god instead of a human king.
Video 3:
Trends in stories of heroes
1) call to adventure
2) refusal to the call
3) supernatural aid
4) crossing first threshold
5) the belly of the whale
6) the road of trails
7) the meeting with the goddess
8) woman as temptress
9) atonement with the father
10) apotheosis
11) the ultimate boon
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