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World Mythology

Introduces an interdisciplinary approach to world mythology. The course illustrates and connects common themes in mythology to world religion, philosophy, art, literature, music, and contemporary culture using various interpretive methods.

Humanities
Author
Susan Stafinbil
Publisher
Arapahoe Community College
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
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Contents· 269 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to World Mythology
  2. 1.01: 2-2 Religion in the Ancient World
  3. 02: Mesopotamia Middle East and Near East
  4. 2.01: The Epic of Gilgamesh
  5. 2.02: Hebrew Bible Genesis And Exodus
  6. 2.03: Mesopotamia
  7. 2.04: Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation
  8. 03: Classical Greece and Rome
  9. 3.01: What is a myth
  10. 3.02: The Three Types of Myth
  11. 3.03: Historical Myths
  12. 3.04: Psychological Myths
  13. 3.05: Story Pattern of the Greek Hero
  14. 3.06: Why are there so many versions of Greek myths
  15. 3.07: Map
  16. 3.08: Names and Key Concepts
  17. 3.8.01: Agamemnon and Iphigenia
  18. 3.8.02: Aphrodite
  19. 3.8.03: Apollo
  20. 3.8.04: Ares
  21. 3.8.05: The Argonauts
  22. 3.8.06: Artemis
  23. 3.8.07: Athena
  24. 3.8.08: Bacchus
  25. 3.8.09: Caduceus
  26. 3.8.10: Centaurs
  27. 3.8.11: Chthonian Deities
  28. 3.8.12: The Delphic Oracle
  29. 3.8.13: Demeter
  30. 3.8.14: Dionysus
  31. 3.8.15: Hades
  32. 3.8.16: Hephaestus
  33. 3.8.17: Hera
  34. 3.8.18: Heracles
  35. 3.8.19: Hermes
  36. 3.8.20: Hestia
  37. 3.8.21: Jason
  38. 3.8.22: Miasma
  39. 3.8.23: The Minotaur
  40. 3.8.24: Origins
  41. 3.8.25: Orpheus
  42. 3.8.26: Persephone
  43. 3.8.27: Perseus
  44. 3.8.28: Poseidon
  45. 3.8.29: Prometheus
  46. 3.8.30: Sphinx
  47. 3.8.31: Theseus
  48. 3.8.32: The Twelve Labors of Heracles
  49. 3.8.33: Xenia
  50. 3.8.34: Zeus
  51. 3.09: The Iliad And The Odyssey
  52. 3.10: The Iliad - An Introduction
  53. 3.11: Homer The Iliad
  54. 3.11.01: Homer The Iliad
  55. 3.12: Book- The Illiad (Homer)
  56. 3.12.01: Books
  57. 3.12.1.01: Book I
  58. 3.12.1.02: Book II
  59. 3.12.1.03: Book III
  60. 3.12.1.04: Book IV
  61. 3.12.1.05: Book V
  62. 3.12.1.06: Book VI
  63. 3.12.1.07: Book VII
  64. 3.12.1.08: Book VIII
  65. 3.12.1.09: Book IX
  66. 3.12.1.10: Book X
  67. 3.12.1.11: Book XI
  68. 3.12.1.12: Book XII
  69. 3.12.1.13: Book XIII
  70. 3.12.1.14: Book XIV
  71. 3.12.1.15: Book XV
  72. 3.12.1.16: Book XVI
  73. 3.12.1.17: Book XVII
  74. 3.12.1.18: Book XVIII
  75. 3.12.1.19: Book XIX
  76. 3.12.1.20: Book XX
  77. 3.12.1.21: Book XXI
  78. 3.12.1.22: Book XXII
  79. 3.12.1.23: Book XXIII
  80. 3.12.1.24: Book XXIV
  81. 3.13: The Odyssey - An Introduction
  82. 3.14: Book- The Odyssey (Homer)
  83. 3.14.01: Books
  84. 3.14.1.01: Book I
  85. 3.14.1.02: Book II
  86. 3.14.1.03: Book III
  87. 3.14.1.04: Book IV
  88. 3.14.1.05: Book V
  89. 3.14.1.06: Book VI
  90. 3.14.1.07: Book VII
  91. 3.14.1.08: Book VIII
  92. 3.14.1.09: Book IX
  93. 3.14.1.10: Book X
  94. 3.14.1.11: Book XI
  95. 3.14.1.12: Book XII
  96. 3.14.1.13: Book XIII
  97. 3.14.1.14: Book XIV
  98. 3.14.1.15: Book XV
  99. 3.14.1.16: Book XVI
  100. 3.14.1.17: Book XVII
  101. 3.14.1.18: Book XVIII
  102. 3.14.1.19: Book XIX
  103. 3.14.1.20: Book XX
  104. 3.14.1.21: Book XXI
  105. 3.14.1.22: Book XXII
  106. 3.14.1.23: Book XXIII
  107. 3.14.1.24: Book XXIV
  108. 3.15: Oedipus The King - Sophocles (ca. 496-ca. 406 B.C.E.)
  109. 3.16: The Oresteia - An Introduction
  110. 3.17: MEDEA - Euripides (ca. 484-ca.407 B.C.E.)
  111. 3.18: Book- Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
  112. 3.18.01: Sections
  113. 3.18.1.01: Section 1
  114. 3.18.1.02: Section 2
  115. 3.18.1.03: Section 3
  116. 3.18.1.04: Section 4
  117. 3.18.1.05: Section 5
  118. 3.18.1.06: Section 6
  119. 04: Homer The Odyssey and Virgil The Aeneid
  120. 4.01: Introduction
  121. 4.02: The Odyssey
  122. 4.03: The Aeneid
  123. 05: Rome
  124. 5.01: The Aeneid Virgil (70-19 B.C.E.)
  125. 5.02: Metamorphoses - Ovid (43 B.C.E.-17 C.E.)
  126. 5.03: Book- Metamorphoses 3.511733 (Ovid)
  127. 5.3.01: 1. Introduction
  128. 5.3.1.01: Ovid and His Times
  129. 5.3.1.02: Ovids Literary Progression- Elegy to Epic
  130. 5.3.1.03: The Metamorphoses- A Literary Monstrum
  131. 5.3.1.04: Ovids Theban Narrative
  132. 5.3.1.05: The Set Text- Pentheus and Bacchus
  133. 5.3.1.06: The Bacchanalia and Roman Culture
  134. 5.3.02: 2. Text
  135. 5.3.2.01: 3.51118
  136. 5.3.2.02: 3.51926
  137. 5.3.2.03: 3.52737
  138. 5.3.2.04: 3.53850
  139. 5.3.2.05: 3.55161
  140. 5.3.2.06: 3.56271
  141. 5.3.2.07: 3.57281
  142. 5.3.2.08: 3.58291
  143. 5.3.2.09: 3.59299
  144. 5.3.2.10: 3.60010
  145. 5.3.2.11: 3.61120
  146. 5.3.2.12: 3.62133
  147. 5.3.2.13: 3.63443
  148. 5.3.2.14: 3.64455
  149. 5.3.2.15: 3.65665
  150. 5.3.2.16: 3.66675
  151. 5.3.2.17: 3.67686
  152. 5.3.2.18: 3.68795
  153. 5.3.2.19: 3.696707
  154. 5.3.2.20: 3.70818
  155. 5.3.2.21: 3.71928
  156. 5.3.2.22: 2.22 3.72933
  157. 5.3.03: 3. Commentary
  158. 5.3.3.01: 51126 Tiresias Warning to Pentheus
  159. 5.3.3.02: 52771 Pentheus Rejection of Bacchus
  160. 5.04: Prelude
  161. 06: China and Japan
  162. 6.01: The Analects-Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.)
  163. 6.02: The Art of War
  164. 6.03: The Book of Songs
  165. 6.04: The Mother of Mencius
  166. 6.05: The Zhuangzi - Zhuangzi (ca. 369-286 B.C.E.)
  167. 07: India
  168. 7.01: The Bhagavad Gita
  169. 7.02: The Mahabharata
  170. 7.03: The Ramayana
  171. 08: Ancient Egypt
  172. 8.01: Ancient Egyptian Mythology
  173. 09: Africa (excluding Egypt)
  174. 9.01: Nok Culture of Ancient Africa
  175. 9.02: Mali Empire
  176. 10: Icelandic Norse
  177. 10.01: Norse Mythology
  178. 10.1.01: Edda- Definition
  179. 10.02: Edda- Definition
  180. 10.03: Prose Edda
  181. 11: Americas (North Meso- South)
  182. 11.01: Maya Civilization
  183. 11.02: Popol Vuh - Ancient Maya Story of Creation
  184. 11.03: Aztec Civilization
  185. 12: Australia New Zealand and Polynesia
  186. 12.01: Ancient Australia New Zealand Polynesia
  187. 13.01: Prehistoric
  188. 13.1.01: Paleolithic
  189. 13.1.02: Neolithic
  190. 13.02: Ancient Mediterranean
  191. 13.2.01: Palmyra
  192. 13.2.02: Ancient Near East
  193. 13.2.03: Ancient Egypt
  194. 13.2.04: Ancient Aegean
  195. 13.2.05: Ancient Greece
  196. 13.2.06: Nabataean
  197. 13.2.07: Etruscan
  198. 13.2.08: Ancient Rome I
  199. 13.2.09: Ancient Rome II
  200. 13.2.10: Ancient Rome III
  201. 13.03: The Islamic World
  202. 13.3.01: A beginner's guide
  203. 13.3.02: Early period
  204. 13.3.03: Medieval period
  205. 13.3.04: Later period
  206. 13.04: Africa
  207. 13.4.01: A beginner's guide
  208. 13.4.02: East Africa and the Horn of Africa
  209. 13.4.03: West Africa
  210. 13.4.04: Central Africa
  211. 13.4.05: North Africa
  212. 13.4.06: Southern Africa
  213. 13.05: Asia
  214. 13.5.01: A brief history of the cultures of Asia
  215. 13.5.02: Hinduism Buddhism
  216. 13.5.03: China
  217. 13.5.04: Japan
  218. 13.5.05: Korea
  219. 13.5.06: Afghanistan
  220. 13.5.07: South Asia (I)
  221. 13.5.08: South Asia (II)
  222. 13.5.09: Southeast Asia
  223. 13.5.10: The Himalayas
  224. 13.06: Medieval Europe Byzantine
  225. 13.6.01: A beginner's guide
  226. 13.6.02: Christianity and art
  227. 13.6.03: Judaism and art
  228. 13.6.04: Books in Medieval Europe
  229. 13.6.05: Early Christian
  230. 13.6.06: Byzantine
  231. 13.6.07: Early Medieval
  232. 13.6.08: Carolingian
  233. 13.6.09: Ottonian
  234. 13.6.10: Viking Age
  235. 13.6.11: Romanesque
  236. 13.6.12: Gothic
  237. 13.6.13: The Crusades
  238. 13.07: Europe 1300 - 1800
  239. 13.7.01: A beginner's guide to the Renaissance
  240. 13.7.02: Italy and Spain in the 14th century- Late Gothic
  241. 13.7.03: Printmaking in Europe c. 14001800
  242. 13.7.04: Italy in the 15th century- Early Renaissance (I)
  243. 13.7.05: Italy in the 15th century- Early Renaissance (II)
  244. 13.7.06: Italy in the 16th century- High Renaissance and Mannerism (I)
  245. 13.7.07: Italy in the 16th century- High Renaissance and Mannerism (II)
  246. 13.7.08: Northern Europe in the 15th century- Northern Renaissance
  247. 13.7.09: Northern Europe in the 16th century- Renaissance and Mannerism
  248. 13.7.10: Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries- Renaissance
  249. 13.7.11: Reformation and Counter-Reformation
  250. 13.7.12: 17th century- Baroque (I)
  251. 13.7.13: 17th century- Baroque (II)
  252. 13.7.14: c. 1700 - 1775- Rococo
  253. 13.7.15: Late 18th century- Neoclassicism
  254. 13.7.16: Britain in the 18th century
  255. 13.08: Europe 1800 - 1900
  256. 13.8.01: Becoming Modern an introduction
  257. 13.8.02: Romanticism
  258. 13.8.03: Early photography
  259. 13.8.04: Victorian art
  260. 13.8.05: Realism
  261. 13.8.06: Second Empire
  262. 13.8.07: Impressionism
  263. 13.8.08: Post-Impressionism
  264. 13.8.09: Sculpture
  265. 13.8.10: Symbolism Art Nouveau
  266. 13.8.11: Peredvizhniki
  267. 13.09: Oceania
  268. 13.9.01: Terracotta fragments Lapita people
  269. 13.9.02: What is the impact and legacy of Cooks voyages