MYTH
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DEFINITION
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FEATURES
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TYPES
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CHARACTERS
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Anonymous symbolic stories that explain the origin
of the universe, man and the natural phenomena.
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Sacred Tradition.
Revelation.
Model.
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Cosmological Myths.
Etiological Myths.
Theogonic Myths: related to the sacred.
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Gods
Heroes
Human Beings
Natural elements
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TYPES OF MYTHS
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Cosmological Myths.
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Etiological Myths.
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Theogonic Myths.
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These myths explain the origin of the world and the
creation of man.
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These myths explain the origin of certain phenomena:
fire, food, animals, work.
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These myths refer to the sacred: the presence and
power of the gods, forces greater than the humans’.
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COSMOLOGICAL AND COSMOGONIC MYTHS: PAN-KUN MYTH
ETIOLOGICAL MYTHS: THE JAGUAR MYTH
THEOGONIC MYTHS: ISIS AND OSIRIS MYTH
