Story Lab: Week 4
Week 4 Story Lab 1. Crash Course: What is Myth? 2. Crash Course: Theories of Myth 3. Crash Course: The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth 1. I loved that the writers of the show made it a point to distinguish between myth and religion. If we separate myths from their religious background and treat them as stories that have been passed down, we can critique and analyze them a little more objectively. I also loved the codified approach to discussing myths. What exactly is a myth? According to the folks at Crash Course, their working definition is as follows: "A myth is a special type of story that has two primary characteristics: significance and staying power" Furthermore, their generative approach defines significance and staying power. "A myth having significance means that the subject matter is about something important, usually something about how the world works. how the world itself got going, or how things came to b...