Mythology
Myths are the stories a culture tells about origins, order and what happens after death. This course covers the major traditions and the recurring patterns between them, without treating any as merely primitive storytelling.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What myths areStories that do work.
- 02Greek mythologyThe best documented.
- 03Roman mythologyAdoption and founding.
- 04Norse mythologyA world with an ending.
- 05Egyptian mythologyOrder against chaos.
- 06Mesopotamian mythThe oldest written stories.
- 07Myths of AsiaVast and layered.
- 08Africa, the Americas and OceaniaLiving traditions.
- 09Patterns across culturesSimilar, but not identical.
- 10Myth in the modern worldStill in circulation.
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