| Term | Definition |
|---|
| myth | explains the creation of the world and the universe; the human condition; natural phenomena; nature of deities; meaning behind religious rituals, customs or beliefs; historical events; and to teach moral lessons |
| legends | a story about extraordinary deeds, based on some extent of fact that has been passed on from one generation to the next : ex. Sundiata |
| differences of folktales and myths | folktales: secular, for entertainment and moral lessons, deities are secondary characters, heroes are more common, have nothing to do with religious rituals; myths: religious purposes, heroes are superhuman and are offspring of deities and humans, they are a direct expression of a culture's religious beliefs |
| similarities of folktales and myths | feature magic, transformations, and enchantments, tell about the beginning of things, reveal common truths, patterns, and themes about life, worlds oldest stories |
| Secular literature | literature that doesn't involve religion:ex. folktales(tall tales, fables, fairy tales), R&J, Whale Rider, Rabbit Proof Fence |
| Two cultures that believed in monotheism | Christianity, Judaism, and Egypt(Amenhotep>akhenaten) |
| Main objective for folktales | they are entertaining stories about ordinary people who survive by luck, by using their wits, and by relying their own natural goodness. They were created to entertain thus they might teach a moral, lesson or value. |
| Main objective for myths | created out of a human need to make sense of the universe and explain how the world and its human inhabitants came to be:: to explain |
| origin myth | story that explains how something began, explains the origin of something, provide information for mysteries early people wanted to understand |
| archetypes | recurring patterns |
| archetypal origin myth | creation story of the beginning of the world> from chaos to order |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| book of the dead | Egyptian book that serves as the "traveler's guide" to the after-life. It contained everything the person needed to know for the afterlife. |
| dilemma tales | an open-ended story that concludes with a question that asks the audience to choose among alternatives. it encourages animated discussion, right and wrong behavior. |
| parables | a short narrative that teaches a moral or lesson about life |
| beast fables | used by religious teachers to illustrate a moral point |
| dilemma tales, parables and beast fables | didactic, teach a lesson about life, make the audience think and analyze the teached morals, |
| Egyptians and Hebrews | both believed in one god, literature is tied to religious beliefs |
| Pharaoh | was a spiritual and political leader. was the earthly incarnation of the God Horus> son of Osiris and Isis |
| Gods reincarnated in humans | indian- vishnu>rama, egyptian- pharaoh- Horus, Christianity: jesus to body |
| griots and sages | learn everything by memory and are orators/performers |
| oral tradition | Africa's most prominent native feature |
| Punishment Adam and Eve | pain in birth, mortality |
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