CLST 2090 Chapter : Intro To Greek Mythology
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Primitive people people who think like small children do; they make stories up to cope with the world around them. Around 1200 bc, people in the ancient mediterranean (greeks), hittites, The function of a myth is to illustrate to truth nature and that nature is what primitive people have most of their experiences with. Muller, mueller german who concluded that all ancient myths are actually about. Carl jung swiss who believed that the same stories (myths) appear over and over. Collective unconscious ideas that all human beings are born with in. Noticed that these thoughts on opposite sides of the brain are again in every culture their brains. Concluded that myths help people deal with problems by presenting conflicts. A way of revealing our deepest sexual desires instead of confronting. Sigmund freud concluded that all myths are really about sex since everything.
