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The video of "Myths and Moundbuilders" was very similar to the article "Three Worlds Meet". They both talked about the Indians who were Mound builders, and of how much they learned about digging up these Mounds. They were both extremely similar, and had much information to share about these builders of our past. .
Both items reviewed a stereotype from the English, and most of the explorers to the "new world", towards the Indians. "Colonizing Europeans .described the people they met in the Americas as "savage," "heathen," or "barbarian." (Prettyman, 9) They felt that the Indians were uncivilized, especially compared to themselves. They felt that the mounds could not possibly have been built by these heathens due to the fact that they were so expansive and large. It took a good degree of thought and work that went into most of these enormous mounds. There was a myth that it was not the Indians who built the mounds, but a lost band of people, perhaps from the lost city of Atlantis, or from some other lost civilization.
Both communications also found that there were valuables inside of these mounds. They found pottery, tools, and even skulls and bodies. Also found is some of the mounds were ornately made pipes carved from the Indians. It is through these mounds that archeologists have found out so much about these Indians. It has been found that they are not savages at all, but a civilization that rivals many others. Through their artifacts we have found a key to their history. A key that leads us to a culture of social, extremely organized beings. It was also found that there is not one "tribe" that were mound builders, but a vast array of groups that practiced this art. .
In the movie we found that mound served a great ceremonious symbol for the mounds builders. For the Monks Mound it was used as the religious center of the communities. It was used for ceremonies also. A chief would life on top of the mound and this would serve as a symbol to the whole tribe, thus giving him the power that he needed to keep his tribe in line.
These creation myths contain many of the same universal elements that are found in nearly all creation myths and they demonstrate for us the degree to which the Indians felt we truly are one with nature. ... The punishment of the Water Monster is a direct reference to the great flood that is found in many creation myths, including that of the Christian myths. ... Finally, these creation myths discuss the nature of human beings. ... All three of the Indian creation myths hold universal elements that are easily recognizable and comparable to other creation myths from other cultures. The Indian c...
Myths can be about anything and can be used to explain a variety of ideas. The myth of Prometheus is a rather important one in the Greek and Roman cultures. The main characters of this myth are Prometheus and Epimetheus. ... This myth was told for the sole purpose of explaining how man was created and was not told, like many other myths, to entertain. This myth does not try to point out a certain lesson, but it does show that if you commit a crime like stealing, there are consequences to be paid. ...
Facts of marriage are usually confused with myths. ... The second myth about marriage is, We Will Make Each Other Happy. ... The fourth myth is, My spouse is all I need. This myth is a popular one. ... We all carry myths into our marriages. ...
Resonant as a Myth? Is it valid to call Fowles" The Collector resonant of a myth? ... Often, myths strive to delineate the psychology, customs, or ideals of society or explain aspects of the natural world. They explain why the world is the way it is, and each myth conveys its own message. ... Interestingly, there is a Greek Myth that involves the capture and eternal torture of a beautiful and enchanting woman. ...
Those that believe in myth over science, are they wrong? ... The term myth has multiple meanings. ... The term myth should not be thought of as fictitious or primitive. The possibility for the myth to be real should always be considered. ... In the myth Hesiod anthropomorphizes the cosmos. ...
The quotation marks around beauty explain this myth. ... Naomi Wolff, the main thinker of beauty myth states that "the wishful notion that with enough time, money, effort, and will power, any woman can and should attempt to look like an extremely tall, young, slender-yet-bosomy, Nordic blonde model of a certain facial bone structure more or less summarizes the prevailing beauty myth." The beauty myth is brainwashing, a warped and destructive notion in a universe of such amazing diversity. ... (Beecroft 1999: 176) The beauty myth triggers many associations On-going cycle 1. ... The beauty...
Myths are about our common experience. ... Myths are a reflection of human nature; human nature is reflected in myth. ... Thus it stands to reason that myths reflect human nature and human nature is reflected in myth. Some myths, generally creation myths, relate to questions like those mentioned previously. ... Joseph Campbell wrote, "Read myths. ...
Some of the authors also used myth so they would not make their readers feel stupid or being talked down to. ... Below is a discussion of what I fell how each of these author's use myth and their purpose of using it. Carlyle uses myth (past) to help bring the past into the present. ... Tennyson's main use of myth is to illustrate how man lost their faith and the consequences of losing it. ... Tennyson uses myth to help project his own vision of how he saw his own civilization (i.e., hollowness he saw). ...