M Y T H S ARE H I S T O R Y
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Myths of Creation
1 Thesis
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2 Definitions
3 Exposition
4 First Things: Cosmogony
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5 Time After Time
6 From Creation To Catastrophe
7 Order Out Of Chaos
8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
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9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
10 Astronomical: Theogony
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11 Geophysical: Geogony
12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
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14 As Above, So Below
15 Foregone Ages Past
16 Forthcoming Future Ages
17 Second Thoughts
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18 But Who's Counting?
19 From Myth To History
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20 Cycles Of Recurrence
2) Mythic Media
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1 In the Beginning
2 Artifacts of Cultural Memory
3 Global Unanimity Uncovered
4 Comparative World Mythology
5 Myth-making through the Ages
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction
Thesis
1 Orality
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Preliterate Cultural Memory
Rock Art
2 Authority
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Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3 Community
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Ritual Extensions of Myth
Shared Image of the World
Group Constructions
4 Efficacy
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Mythic Rituals
As Below, So Above
Group Responses
Survival Value
5 Persistence
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Management of Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
Coda
MYTHS ARE HISTORY
1 Premise
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Comparative World Mythology
2 Proposition
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Catastrophism & Cosmogony
Catastrophist Speculation
3 Demonstration
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Instability of Solar System
Observational Evidence
The Jupiter Myth
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Home
Myths of Creation
1 Thesis
>
2 Definitions
3 Exposition
4 First Things: Cosmogony
>
5 Time After Time
6 From Creation To Catastrophe
7 Order Out Of Chaos
8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
>
9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
10 Astronomical: Theogony
>
11 Geophysical: Geogony
12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
>
14 As Above, So Below
15 Foregone Ages Past
16 Forthcoming Future Ages
17 Second Thoughts
>
18 But Who's Counting?
19 From Myth To History
>
20 Cycles Of Recurrence
2) Mythic Media
>
1 In the Beginning
2 Artifacts of Cultural Memory
3 Global Unanimity Uncovered
4 Comparative World Mythology
5 Myth-making through the Ages
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction
Thesis
1 Orality
>
Preliterate Cultural Memory
Rock Art
2 Authority
>
Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3 Community
>
Ritual Extensions of Myth
Shared Image of the World
Group Constructions
4 Efficacy
>
Mythic Rituals
As Below, So Above
Group Responses
Survival Value
5 Persistence
>
Management of Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
Coda
MYTHS ARE HISTORY
1 Premise
>
Comparative World Mythology
2 Proposition
>
Catastrophism & Cosmogony
Catastrophist Speculation
3 Demonstration
>
Instability of Solar System
Observational Evidence
The Jupiter Myth