1. Myth according to Mircea Eliade: Myths, Dreams, and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities (1957)

2. Eliade: (A myth) narrates a sacred history; that is, a transhuman revelation which took place at the dawn of the Great Time, in the holy time of the beginnings (in illo tempore). Being real and sacred, the myth becomes exemplary, and consequently repeatable, for it serves as a model, and by the same token as a justification, for all human actions. (A myth) narrates a sacred history; that is, a transhuman revelation which took place at the dawn of the Great Time, in the holy time of the beginnings (in illo tempore). Being real and sacred, the myth becomes exemplary, and consequently repeatable, for it serves as a model, and by the same token as a justification, for all human actions.

3. Eliade (cont). “In other words, a myth is a true history or what came to pass at the beginning of time, and one which provides the pattern for human behavior “In other words, a myth is a true history or what came to pass at the beginning of time, and one which provides the pattern for human behavior

4. Creation Stories / Myths Origins Origins –Cosmogony –Phenomenolology –Gender Roles –Social Mores (taboos) –Social Ritual Cultural Hero Stories Cultural Hero Stories –Aspects of above Historical Narratives Historical Narratives –Migration Trickster Stories Trickster Stories –Marginalization, taboo, boundaries, special social roles

5. Two Varieties of Native American Creation Stories: Emergence Story Emergence Story Earth Diver Story Earth Diver Story

6. Zuni Story Power of Four Power of Four Cosmogony (environment / land) Cosmogony (environment / land) Repetition Repetition Phenomenology Phenomenology Ritual Practice Ritual Practice Migration Migration Social Mores Social Mores