Week 14 StoryLab: Crash Course Myth Videos

Mythology Crash Course

Truthfully, I did not know much about mythology going into this course, so I have been able to grow tremendously in my knowledge of them. I chose to do my final story lab on the crash course mythology videos, because why not test my knowledge of what I heave learned over the past few months.

I learned a lot about things I already knew, such as what mythology is and what it generally entails. However, watching these fundamental videos allowed me to pick up on anything I had missed over the course of the semester. What I found most impactful int he videos was the comparison of myths to the direct expression of its subject-matter that enhances belief and vouches for rituals.

Going into this class I truly assumed that I would deal more closely with Greek and Roman Gods, however, I learned a ton more about society and ancient and modern cultures.  Mythology gives us a great window into our past and shows us just how much our modern society mirrors that of our ancient ancestors in terms of lessons learned. I am glad I kind of circled in my understanding of mythology with these final videos.

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Below are my notes to the Crash Course Myth Videos:

• what is a myth: Covers many topics 
• literature
• history
• anthropology 
• sociology 
• psychology 
• religion 
• science  

• Many stories may seem familiar, but they are told differently based on the topics above 
• if they are different they aren't wrong
• they could just be different versions 
• Often interpretations
• the line between myth and religion are often blurry 
• stories from the bible are not myths, just they have been used in many ways over a long time 
• We often do not know why or why or who originated myths 
• has been translated so many different times and ways 
• A story that is false and should not be taken seriously 
• what myths were described as 
• Myth: Mythos 
• word or story
• Types of myth 
• Creation myths 
• how things in the world came to be 
• Pantheons 
• groups of gods in cultures and how they function in cultures 
• flood myths 
• heroes from all over the world 
• mythical places and creatures 
• Religious 

• mythology
• ology means the study of
• a systematic study of myths 
• didn't take off until 18th and 19th century when they compared a language 
• how are they studied: 
• been studied a long time
• plato said myths were lies 
• myths about gods, heroes were irrational 
• psychosocial myths were true that gave morality 
• people made stories to make the previous history make sense 
• Euhemerism 
• using myths to make sense of the natural world 
• philosopher 
• Logos 
• transcendent truth 
• Proto-Indo-European 
• type of language discovered my analyzing each language from India and around 
• saw a lot of different languages had commonalities 
• Aryans 
• The myth is not symbolic but a direct expression of its subject-matter,
• a narrative resurrection of a primitive reality, 
• it expresses and enhances belief, vouches for ritual 
• rules for the guidance of man