Category: General
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Modern Myths Surrounding Death & Disease
This week I decided to lead my group exploration to include myths from the past and give them the opportunity to focus on more modern examples as well. Topics of conversation ranged from current topics which included the COVID-19 pandemic, Alzheimer’s, and Human Sexuality to more historical myths including the Black Death and Leprosy. With…
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Mythic Narratives Focused on Death and Disease
In week IV, my group explored myths about death and disease from a wide range of traditions including Hinduism, the Yoruba and Kapsiki of Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Greek mythology. The diversity of traditions allowed for us to discuss the unique symbolism used for impact in each mythic narrative. Additionally, the myths explored this week…
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Duality between death and body practices in mythologies
What underpins the foundationally similar views upon death in mythologies? Our peer-group discussion first explored the interconnective views on death between Hindu, Chinese, Muslim, and Greek mythologies. All 4 mythologies have the same foundation that after death, you either go to heaven or hell, however, key differences and similarities arise upon 3 interconnected concepts: afterlife,…
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Mythologies of death, disease and cure
This week’s discussion encapsulated mythologies surrounding death and diseases centralized from Africa. The notion of death and diseases as a motif in mythology was explored within my group through various narratives from diverse traditions and cultures. In addition to this, the method of utilizing symbolism to further communicate and highlight the key messages embedded within…
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Myth of death and disease
From our discussion of the myth of death and disease this week, my group and I have come up with a couple of interesting stories. I will pick some really meaningful myths that our group has discussed and explained what is the symbolism behind these stories. Let’s get started! Yaramurud’s Really Insistent Mother Natives of…
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Martyrdom in the Context of Religious Thought
How do the myths on martyrdom encapsulate religious thought? Our group explored the concept of martyrdom and how it has been used as a tool to advance one’s level of devotion to their religious beliefs. Martyrdom has long been used as a bridge between the human and spiritual domains, often serving as a measuring…
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Hidden Messages in Temptation Myths
As we mentioned in our group discussion this week, Satan’s temptation of Christ represents three different temptation; hedonism, egoism, and materialism, which are the three main temptation for people. In contrast to Satan’s temptation of Christ, The Story of Harut and Marut comes to a different ending. While Jesus maintained his position of being faithful…
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A look at the Components of Myth: Superhuman Beings, Faith in a Higher Power, and Martyrdom.
Myths have several components embedded in them to allow them to deliver an underlying message. These components vary across religions and cultures, but there are several that remain constant. Two components from the David and Goliath myth that we focused on were the notion that bigger is associated with being stronger and that there is…
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Narrative Parallels Gleaned from Exodus and Perspectives on Martyrdom
During our discussion this week, my group and I focused on determining what narrative parallels we could establish between components of the Book of Exodus and myths of other religious traditions, as well as what the concept of martyrdom meant to each of us personally. Parallels with Exodus For our discussion on narrative parallels that…
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The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel. The origin myth of the tower of Babel could be seen to reflect on two major components; the diversity of speaking different languages and how humans became scattered all over the world. When we look at the tower of Babel from a different perspective, it could be seen as a story…