Background context on four North American peoples: the Aztecs, the Maya, the O'odham, and the Hopi
Notes on 7 types of myths common across cultures (flood, creation, "the dying god," the creative sacrifice, axis mundi, titanomachy, and the hero's journey)
Notes on 3 types of similarities between myths (linguistic, structural, and psychological)
Handout on 7 characteristics of myth
Assignment: Due Thursday, August 23. Complete dialectical journal on four creation myths. Include 12 entries (3 for each myth). Use each of the 7 characteristics of myth at least once.
(To complete an entry, include a quote from a myth that illustrates one of the 7 characteristics. List the page number on which the quote is found and the characteristic it illustrates.)
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