Mendoza, April Joy S.

BSED 2202

Directions: Define the following concepts:

1. Cosmic Myths
 It includes the narratives of the creation and end of the world.
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 Cosmic myths are a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how the first people
had come into the world. There are many different popular usages of the term myth
which can often refer to false or fictional stories. There are members of many different
cultures that can ascribe that vary in many different degrees. There are many variations
that truth is a big part of creation myths. Creation myths often share several features.
They often are considered sacred accounts and can be found in nearly all known religious
traditions
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Examples: 1. Adam and Eve

2. Malakas at Maganda

2. Theistic Myths
 This type of myths portrays the deities.
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 Myths of the Gods is a part of world mythology which is highly dominated by the
concept of "God" and "Goddess". A myth would not be considered a myth without the
concept of a "God" because there is no story without one. Gods are seen as immortal they
are personified of the human myths that only dreamers can believe in. Gods represent a
creative force that has a tendency of struggling with a force that is made for the world.
Gods are symbols of ultimate reality
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Examples: 1. Pandora ( the first woman, whose curiosity brought evil to mankind)
2.Mayari/Bulan ( Lunar deity; goddess of war/combat)

3. Hero Myths
  With accounts of individuals.
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 A story would not be considered a good one without a hero. Mythology comes alive and
means a whole lot more when it is clear the story is about a hero and for the hero. The hero
can be anyone but whoever the hero may be in whatever myth he or she journeys for us,
carries us to their metaphorically darker side.

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Examples: 1. Hercules vs. lion

2.Beowulf vs. Grendel

4. Place and Object Myths

 According to David Adam Leeming, place and object myths is where places and objects are
being described.
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 Place and Object Myths are properties that belong to myths they are sacred and the other.
Myths are very religious and are meaningful cosmos that are charged with energy from their
creator. Some objects that include trees, garden, castle, or a city is a material reality that
expresses a particular place or culture.

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Examples: 1. King Arthur (King Arthur pulls his sword in the rock)
2. Hebrew: Mount Sinai (the mountain where Moses led his people out of Egypt into
Sinai when God had called upon him again)