1. The Meaning of Myth

2.  Definition of Myth: The Meaning of Myth

3.  Definition of Myth: “An anonymous story that presents supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events.”

4. The Meaning of Myth  Definition of Myth: “An anonymous story that presents supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events.”  “Myth is the absence of anomaly.”

5. The Meaning of Myth  Definition of Myth: “An anonymous story that presents supernatural episodes as a means of interpreting natural events.”  “Myth is the absence of anomaly.”  “Myth represents a projection of social patterns upward onto a superhuman level that sanctions and stabilizes the secular ideology”—Emile Durkheim

6. Mythology in Literature

7.  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes: Mythology in Literature

8.  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation

9. Mythology in Literature  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation  Divinity

10. Mythology in Literature  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation  Divinity  Religion

11. Mythology in Literature  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation  Divinity  Religion  Meaning of existence and death

12. Mythology in Literature  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation  Divinity  Religion  Meaning of existence and death  Accounting for natural phenomena

13. Mythology in Literature  Every literature has its mythology, all of which revolve around common themes:  Explanation of creation  Divinity  Religion  Meaning of existence and death  Accounting for natural phenomena  Chronicling the adventures of national heroes

15. The Collective Unconscious

16.  C.G.Jung The Collective Unconscious

17.  C.G.Jung: the individual unconscious

18. The Collective Unconscious  C.G.Jung: the individual unconscious the collective unconscious the collective unconscious

19. The Collective Unconscious  C.G.Jung: the individual unconscious the collective unconscious the collective unconscious  “primordial images”

20. The Collective Unconscious  C.G.Jung: the individual unconscious the collective unconscious the collective unconscious  “primordial images”  Philip Wheelwright: “the Archetypal Imagination”

21. The Collective Unconscious  C.G.Jung: the individual unconscious the collective unconscious the collective unconscious  “primordial images”  Philip Wheelwright: “the Archetypal Imagination”  C.S. Lewis: “The Tao”