CLST 2090 Lecture : 1 Week 2
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Anthropomorphism: human being, form: process by which we give human form to things that are not human, mickey, barney, etc, greek gods are capable of the same emotions that humans are, man making god in man"s image. It was ceramic and about 4 feet tall with her: pandora carried down the jar and took it down to earth. No explanation in the greek myth: greeks deeply pessimistic people, most greek myths end unhappily unlike northern fairy tales . In a sense, hope is the greatest evil of them all, its hope that makes you think that you won"t suffer as others do, but you do. -greeks pessimison is based on reality we all gonna die. Bible says god created mountains and: almost all cultures have a great flood myth stuff. Henotheism: belief that there are many gods in existence but one of them is more powerful than all the others. Hestia, hades, poseidon, demeter, hera, zeus (oldest to youngest (z))
