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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