Fuctions And Structure Myth

Question 1

Myth theories

Answer 1

Functionalist - Malinowski 
Structural (Levi-Strauss)
Euhemerits 
Psychoanalytic (Jung, Campbell)
Ethnoscientific (santillana)
Social charter (didactic)

Question 2

Performance vs taxonomic

Answer 2

Performance: looking at the story telling thought speaking, examine oral performance and behavior

Taxonomic compares motifs with variants myth and determine where it originated

Question 3

Oral vs literate

Answer 3

Oral : many variants of myth, many contradict one another but none are necessary wrong

Literate myth ; wrote down in sacred text, all other are wrong

Question 4

Claude Levi Strauss

Answer 4

Founder of structuralism

Question 5

Myth types

Answer 5

Creation myths
National identify myths
Apocalypse myth 
Origin myth 
Theistic myth - pandora box 
Parables (the Good Samaritan )