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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
MYTHS OF CREATION
2) On Mythic Media in the Material Record
1. In the Beginning was the Spoken Word
2. On Artifacts of Cultural Memory
3. On the Global Unanimity Uncovered in the Material Record
4. On the Science of Comparative World Mythology
5. Myth-making in the Neolithic, Bronze & Iron Ages
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