Author: Martin M. Conrad II
Hum 1015: Mythology Matters
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Fundamental Concepts
3. Context and Culture
5. Pagans, Heathens, Infidels, And Heretics
6. Interpretation and Exploration of Myths
7. The Four Functions and Their Archetypes
8. The Mystical Function And The Primal Goddess
9. The Cosmological Function And The King God
10. The Sociological Function And The Trickster
11. The Pedagogical Function And The Heroic
12. The Heroic Journey
13. The Relatability and Relativity of The Heroic
Recommended Readings by Topic
Recommended Readings By Topic
Introduction to Mythology
The Iliad in Outline
Sample: Achilles Duels Hector
Sample: Odysseus and Polyphemus, from The Odyssey
The Ramayana in Outline
Global Myths of Creation and Destruction
Genesis 1-3, World English Bible
The Enuma Elish, or Babylonian Creation Cycle
Genesis 6:9-9:17, World English Bible
Popul Vuh in Outline
The Beginning of Ife, from the Yoruba Traditions of Africa
The Children of Heaven and Earth (Polynesian Creation)
The Norse Creation Story, From Snorri Sturlson’s Prose Edda
Ragnarok, The Norse Destruction Myth, from Snorri Sturlson’s Prose Edda
Mythical Function and the Primal Goddess
The Kojiki, Paraphrased
Goddesses of China
Durga Slays Mahishasura
Isis, Osiris, and Horus
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Medea in Outline
The Trickster Archetype
From Spirituality to Religion
Loki Trickster Myth
Tales of Anansi
The Dance for Water, or Rabbit’s Triumph
Brer Rabbit
Raven Steals Light
Why the Whale Spouts
How the Koala Lost His Tail
Coniraya Viracocha
The Hero's Journey (hero archetype)
Joseph Campbell in Context
The Monomyth: Understanding the Seventeen Stages of the Hero's Journey
The Hero's Journey in Action & How To Write Your Own
The Myth of Hercules
The Oedipus Trilogy
The Adventures of Thor
Quetzalcoatl in Outline
The Epic of Gilgamesh in Outline
Biblography
14. Bibliography
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