Friday, February 15, 2013

Class Notes 1/23 - 2/13

Shakespeare Sonnet 73

That time of year thou mayst in me behold 
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, 
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. 
In me thou seest the twilight of such day 
As after sunset fadeth in the west, 
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. 
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire 
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, 
As the death-bed whereon it must expire 
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by. 
   This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
   To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

Apollo and Daphne - winners (of any kind) and military victors get laurel leaves place upon their heads 

Etiology - study of causality or originality 
Etiological myth - myth intended to explain origins 

Four types of creation myths:
Ex Nihilo - creation out of nothing
Earth Diver - aquatic birds sent to the bottom of ocean/sea to bring up particles of earth
Dividing in 2 of a primordial deity 
Dismemberment of immortal being 

Enuma Elish - Babylonian creation myth 

Tree is an axis mundi - world center/connection between heaven and earth 

Three kinds of myths:
Full circle - wholeness
Two half circles - separation 
Dashed circle - return 

Eschatology - concerned with last four things: death, judgement, heaven, hell 

Archaea vs. Athena 

  • weaving contest 
Initiation myths 
Types: 
  • puberty rites
  • entering into a secret society
  • mystical vocation 




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