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Chapter 4
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4,
Religious Myths and Symbols
As you read, consider the
following questions and/or ideas:
- What do religious taboos
reveal about the values of a society and
how do taboos reinforce social stability?
- Is religion merely society's
worship of itself?
- The structural analysis of
myths--classic examples
- The structural analysis of
myths--contemporary examples
Video
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Introduction to Religious Myths and Symbols (WMV) (MOV) |
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Symbolism in the Christian Baptism (WMV)
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Aztec Symbolism (WMV)
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Cosmology (WMV) (MOV) |
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Yanomamo Creation Story (WMV)
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Gnostic Godhead (WMV)
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Common Elements: Basic Human Concerns and Conflicts (WMV)
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Shoshone Animals (WMV)
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Fertility Deities (WMV)
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Mythology (WMV)
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Myths, Symbols and Star Trek (WMV)
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Structural Meaning and Star Trek(WMV)
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Structural Meaning and Cinderella (WMV)
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Opposites Symbols among the Pueblos and Aztecs (WMV)
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Legends (WMV)
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Limits of Variability (WMV)
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Hierarchical Societies and the Belief in a Supreme Being (WMV)
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Ancestral Spirits (WMV)
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Reincarnation (WMV)
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Personal Soul vs. Great Spirit (WMV)
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Gods Who Sanction Morality (WMV)
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Sorcery and Witchcraft (WMV)
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Artifacts Symbols (WMV)
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Conclusion to Chapter 4 (WMV)
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Lecture Notes
Chapter 4 lecture notes (PDF)
Quiz
Chapter 4 quiz (HTML)
Images
Chapter 4 images (HTML)
Additional
Resources
Copyright 2008,
by the Contributing Authors.
Cite/attribute Resource.
admin. (2005, August 02). Chapter 4. Retrieved November 24, 2009, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Anthropology/Anthropology_of_Religion/topic4.htm.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons License.
