Search results for 'myth':

myth (verb) : myth(v.),mythed,mythen,mything, To create a mythology

Submitted by: avtr. from India on Dec. 05, 2006 11:58

mytheme (noun) : a feature of a myth shared by other myths which leads to conclusions that they share a common source

Myths about the Greek character Adonis and the Egyptian god Osiris share several mythemes, inviting speculation into ancient cultural diffusion being at cause. —I think Joseph Campbell, but I'm not sure, coined this term, term has been in academic lit for a while, unk

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 26, 2005 02:45

Mythicality (noun) : A mythical entity.

Pan was another greek 'mythicality'. —Stephen Mularz, Article, 1999

Submitted by: Stephen Mularz from Kentucky on Nov. 30, 2006 05:34

mythodissonance (noun) : The cognitive dissonance experienced by members of an informationalized society who were indoctrinated as children into a mythological belief system and are forced to confront information that is widely available about science and other factual information.

Mythodissonance leads to the lateralization of roles and beliefs and a "doppleganger effect" on sufferers, who are torn b/tw curiosity impulses and impulses to block out facts and contemporary intellectualism. —jonathan keith sheriff, mini-essay submitted to stanford's bioanthropology dept, about a year ago

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 27, 2005 15:15

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