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| What does the Greek term aitia mean? |
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| Who is the single most important source for classical mythology after Homer? |
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| Who is not a tragic playwright? |
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| The archetypal concept of the female in the male |
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| In the psychoanalytic approach to myth, what is the anima? |
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| To whom can be attributed an interpretation of myth centered on the spiritual or mystical yearnings of human beings? |
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| Who is responsible for analyzing myth into 31 recurrent motifemes? |
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| Considering all the sources, women were cloistered, illiterate, and oppressed.. |
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| What cannot be said about the role of women in Greek society? |
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| Myth strives to resolve binary opposites. |
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| Which statement corresponds most closely to Lévi-Strauss' approach to myth? |
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| To whom is attributed the theory of the archetype? |
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| Who attempted to explain myths as charters of social customs? |
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| Who attempted to explain myth in terms of meteorological or cosmological phenomena? |
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| What is the name of an interpretation of myth that sought to rationalize it by claiming that the gods were originally powerful men? |
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| It has a perceptible relationship to history. |
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| What is an important element in defining saga or legend? |
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| Which is not a meaning of the Greek word mythos? |
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A story that, through its classical form, has attained a kind of immortality because its inherent
archetypal beauty, profundity, and power have inspired rewarding renewal and transformation by successive generations. |
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| Projections of themselves, traditional myths told in poetic form |
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| People made the gods as... |
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| Explain the natural world and societal practices |
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| The function of myths were to... |
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| The subject of myths were... |
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| The subject of legends/sagas were... |
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| Explain the past and to inspire noble behaviour |
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| The function of legends/sagas were to... |
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| The powerless with magical aid |
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| The subject of folktales were... |
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| Recurring patterns, especially regarding poor people and their quests |
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| The content of folktales was... |
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| Mostly entertain (e.g. Perseus) |
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| The function of folktales was to... |
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| Great kings whose stories were exaggerated (e.g. the strife between Zeus and Kronos) |
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| The gods were originally... |
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| Travelled the world, taught civilization, and then eventually passed away |
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| According to myth, Zeus... |
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| Daphne is an example of... |
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| Beauty contest between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera |
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| Science and facts, myths were then viewed as primitive (old ways of thinking) |
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| The Age of Enlightenment was a time of... |
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| The Medieval period of time used myths as... |
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| Peoples' dreams, repressed desires, and fears |
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| Freud was mostly interested in... |
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| Joseph Campbell's writings were used for... |
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| Going through the underworld and then coming back to the world alive |
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| Death was understood as... |
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| All myth is religious ritual put into narrative form |
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| J.G. Frazer believed that... |
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| Myths were justifications for social and religious practices |
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| B. Malinowski believed that... |
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| Explanation of the origin of things |
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| The natural or human world |
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| Etui is the explanation of... |
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| Fit with society and culture |
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| Myths changed time to time to... |
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| The rape of Zeus was often portrayed as... |
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| “Clean up” myths as he thought they didn’t show behaviour that should be emulated |
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| Original myths portrayed the gods |
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| Xenophanes did not like how... |
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| The word "tradition" comes from the Latin word "tradicio" which means... |
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| The Iliad is an example of... |
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| He saw himself as the descendant of Achilles |
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| Alexander the Great drew inspiration from the Iliad because... |
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