Monday Wednesday Friday
Aug 20 22 24
Intro to course;
The Nature of Myth		 The Nature of Myth:
Powell Ch 1		 Origins & Creations:
Powell Ch 4
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Origins & Creations:
Powell Ch 4-5,
Leonard & McClure (63-67)		 Origins & Creations:
Leonard & McClure,
Nogon (46-57), Iroquois (68-75), Mayan (92-99), Norse (pdf in Moodle)		 Origins & Creations:
Leonard & McClure,
Hindu (81-83), Hebrew (87-89), Big Bang (pdf in Moodle)

Sept 3 5 7
Labor Day: No class

 Origins & Creations: continued

 Myths of the Olympians:
Zeus & Hera: Powell Ch 6
Greek Theories of Myth Interpretation: Powell, Ch 25 (first part)
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Male Deities: Leonard & McClure
Hindu (208-220), Yoruba (227-232), Norse (232-239 & 277-283)
Writing Intensive Paper 1 draft due		 Male Deities:
continued		 Myths of the Olympians:
Apollo
Powell Ch 7
Paper 1 due
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Myths of the Olympians:
Other Male Deities
Powell Ch 8		 No class: go to
Symposium on Democracy
instead		 EXAM 1
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Tricksters: Leonard & McClure, Ch 5 (253-277)
 Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Female Deities. Powell, Ch. 9 (Ch 8 in 4th-6th editions)

 Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Female Deities. Cont.

Oct 1 3 5
Myths of Fertility (Demeter and the Great Mother). Powell, Ch. 10 (Ch 9 in 4th-6th editions) Myths of Fertility, cont.

Paper 2 due		 Fall Holiday: No Class
8 10 12
Female Deities: Leonard & McClure, Ch. 3: Hawaiian (122-132), Sioux (132-137), Vietnamese (147-154)
 see Assignments page for units III-IV

 EXAM 2