CLAS 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Euhemerism, Odysseus, Collective Unconscious

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Chapter 1: interpretation and definition of classical mythology: the word myth comes from the greek word mythos, which means word, speech, tale, or. The patterns in the imaginative world of children, savages, and neurotics are similar, and these patterns are revealed in the motifs and symbols of myth: carl jung. For the purposes of an introduction to greek mythology, however, arguments in favor of or in opposition to freud and jung are ultimately irrelevant. To him myths were related to practical life, and they explained existing facts and institutions by reference to tradition: the myth confirms the institution, custom, or belief. Levi-strauss sees myth as a mode of communication, like language or music. In myth it is the narrative that takes the part of the sounds of music, and the structure of the narrative can be perceives at various levels and in different codes.