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Myth Mind Map

By Luke Monaghan

Myths

A myth symbolizes human experience and embody the spiritual values of a culture.

Myths

Creation and The Fall Noah and The Flood

Genesis

  • Location: Earth
  • Creation of humans: God made Adam from clay and made Eve from a rib of Adam.
  • Destruction of humans: God washes over the earth with a giant flood destroying all living things.

The Woman Who Fell From The Sky

Iroquois

  • Location: Upper world lower world

and earth

  • Creation of Humans: Dirt at gods feet
  • Not Destroyed

The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe

Hindu

  • Location: India
  • Creation of Humans: Egg full of Life and used to Rebirth all living things
  • Destruction of Humans: Flooding and extreme heat from Shiva-Rudra

Symbolism

Symbols and themes

Some symbols throughout the stories include

  • Flooding as a new for earth
  • Dharma as the goodness on the earth
  • Shiva-Rudra symbolizes Destuction and evil on earth
  • The lower world symbolizes the less fortunate and those who aren't wealthy or high on the social scale
  • The upper world symbolizes the upper class people and the more fortunate in the world

Themes

Some themes include

  • Rebirth
  • Destruction
  • Punishment
  • God
  • Goodness in the world
  • Creation

Themes

Common Archetypes

Common Archetypes

Some common Archetypes include

  • magical trees(Hindu)
  • Floods(All Myths)
  • Intensified sun rays (Hindu and Genesis)
  • Life bearing eggs (Hindu)
  • Snakes (Genesis)
  • Seperation of worlds(Iroquois)
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