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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
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction
Thesis
1 Orality
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Preliterate Cultural Memory
Rock Art
2 Authority
>
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
>
Management of Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
Coda
The Jupiter Myth
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The Mythopoeic Cosmovision (Series)
Volume 2 :
THE CREATION OF MYTH
Introduction & Thesis
i. On the Mythical Constitution of the Human Conditio
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ii. On the Phenomenology of Myth (Thesis abstract)
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On the Orality of Myth
On Myth as Preliterate Cultural Memory
On Rock Art as early documentation of Myth-making
2) On the Authority accredited to Myth
On Myth and History
What kind of Truth?
3) On the Community production & preservation of Myth
On Rote Aspects of Culture as Ritual Extensions of Myth
On the Community's Shared Image of the World
On Communal Group Constructions and Settlements
4) On the Efficacy of Myth in Ritual Settings
On Mythic Rituals and Ceremonial Activities
As Below, So Above: The Main Objects of Regular Ritual Activity
On Myth and Ritual as Group Responses to Natural Disasters
On the Practical Survival Value of Myth
5) On the Persistence of Myth throughout History
On the Traditional Management of Cultural Memory
Mutatis Mutandis
Caveat
: On Things Left Unsaid and Lost to History
Coda
: On the End of Ritual and the End of 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
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
The Jupiter Myth