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Male Presence Within Flood Myth Narratives

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Religion

 

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February 9, 2014

 

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Although there may appear to be a fine line between myth and folktales, William Paden best explains the difference between the two in his book Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religions: …myth is essentially different from folktales that tell of a make-believe realm set in nonexistent time and place with deliberately fictive characters...
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Rather, myth posits ostensibly real times and places, real heroes and ancestors, real genealogies and events…mythic settings are intended by the believers to represent an account of the actual world. In contrast, the folktale aims at entertainment and is not at all authoritative… “Whereas the typical fairy tale opens with: ‘Once upon a time…,’ the typical myth begins with: ‘In the beginning…’” (Coursepack 178) Therefore, myth should be understood as an actual historical account of real occurrences...
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