Gorgon's head on a silver coin
used with permission
Mythology
Spring 2010
The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse
image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803
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Gorgon's head on a silver coin used with permission |
Mythology Spring 2010 |
The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803 |
Due dates for
assignments
for Units I & II: Creation Myths & Divine Myths
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Jan 14
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Th
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Introduction; The Nature of Myth (Divine Myth, Legend, and Folktale). Powell Ch. 1 |
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19
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Tu
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Nature of Myth,
continued. Origins and Creations:
Leonard & McClure, Nogon, Nigeria
(46-57), Norse, Iceland (60-62), Iroquois (68-75), Hindu, India
(81-83) Mayan (92-99), Hebrew (86-87) |
| 21 |
Th | Origins &
Creations:
continued. |
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26
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Tu
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Origins
&
Creations: Powell
Ch. 4, Trzaskoma (21-22). [already read: Leonard & McClure; Greek
(63-67), Trzaskoma (135-137, 144-146, 149-152)] |
| 28 | Th | Origins & Creations: Powell Ch. 5 Trzaskoma (23), [already read: Leonard & McClure: Sumerian (76-79, Hebrew (87-90), & creation of humans in the other myths] |
| Feb 2 |
Tu | Myths of the Olympian Gods: ; Zeus & Hera, Powell, Ch. 6 |
| 4 | Th | Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Male Deities. Powell, Ch 7; [complete versions of Homeric Hymns to Apollo and Hermes here: Trzaskoma (178-197)}; Paper 1 due (click for topic) |
| 9 | Tu | Male Deities: Leonard & McClure, Ch. 4 Hindu (208-220), Yoruba (227-232), Norse (232-239); Tricksters, Ch 5 Norse (277-283) |
| 11 | Th | Tricksters: Leonard & McClure, Ch 5 (253-277) |
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16
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Tu
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Myths
of the Olympian Gods: The Female Deities. Powell,
Ch. 8 |
| 18 | Th | EXAM 1 (click for review sheet) |
| 23 | Tu | Myths
of Fertility (Demeter and the
Great Mother). Powell, Ch. 9; Trzaskoma Lament for Adonis (73-75) |
| 25 | Th | Female Deities: Leonard & McClure, Ch. 3: Hawaiian (122-132), Sioux (132-137) |
| Mar 2 |
Tu | Introduction to Heroic Myth, Powell, Ch. 12 |
| 4 | Th | Oedipus & the Myths of Thebes, Powell, Ch 17; Paper 2 due (click for topic) |
| 9 | Tu | EXAM 2 (click for take-home version) (click for review sheet) |
| Click to return to Syllabus | Click
to go to Units III or IV |