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Place and Object Myth: The Mountain and The City

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In the Place and Object myths, the stories talk about certain places where things have gone terribly wrong or right. As far as it goes for the city and the mountain, the city represents a place which undergoes this tragedy or destruction like Delphi. The mountain is a place that is close to a greater god where it is safe and secure. The myth of Mount Sinai talks about how Moses would go up the mountain to talk to God which told him he will be the most important person and that everyone will like him if he follows orders. God tells Moses to go down and tell the people what he says and that  they must obey him. God help Moses and makes sure to tell everyone that he is important and that they all knew him as God's helper. The the top of the mountain was where Moses would lay and listen to God as he told him to never let anyone up or touch the mountain. God tells Moses to tell the people of the city to be aware and do their work for the week. He said that they should rest on the 7th da...
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Hero Myth: Bantu: Lituolone

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Hero myths usually start the same as a young boy who is left or abandoned by a family and is found by ether animals or another family that takes care of him. This is a similarity in most Hero myths due to the amount of pain they had to undergo to be such humans that get rid of danger and fear. One of the Hero myths comes from the Bantu. This Bantu myth, talks about a hero named Lituolone who has been a hero since the moment he's been born. The Sesuto tale talks about a monster on earth that had ate all humans on earth except for one pregnant women. In an act to hide from the monster, the lady went on to give birth. the child, which was named after a God, Lituolone took the stature of a grown man and went on to kill the monster. This is one of the only myths that we see someone go on to be a hero since the day they were born. All myth's about hero's go from facing a struggle to later overcoming it. When it comes to Lituolone, the only fear he had to undergo was that of his m...
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Cosmic Myth-Apocalypse: Hopi :Emergence to the Fifth World

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The meaning of Apocalypse is "the final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation". Many groups and individuals around the world since the beginning of time have believed that the world will end sooner than later as all life is taken from earth. In the World of Myths book, the Hopi apocalypse myth talks about the ending of the world due to the lack of love and appreciation for spiritualism. The Hopi tribe, which is located in Arizona, says that World War 3 will be stated by the countries, "who have received the light (118)". The author indicates these countries as India, China, Egypt, exc. The Hopi tribe have much hatred for those who are materialistic. They see the United States and other new world countries as groups of people who only care about their advancement and wealth. The Hopi tribe explains how when the war finishes, with them not being hurt due to the shelter they create with their appreciation for spiritualism. Although ...
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