1. A story that is or was considered a true explanation of the natural world (and how it came to be).
<span>2. Characters are often non-human – e.g. gods, goddesses, supernatural beings, first people.
</span>3. Setting is a previous proto-world (somewhat like this one but also different)
.4. Plot may involve interplay between worlds (this world and previous or original world)
.5. Depicts events that bend or break natural laws (reflective of connection to previous world)
.6. Cosmogonic/metaphysical explanation of universe (formative of worldview).
7. Functional: “Charter for social action” – conveys how to live: assumptions, values, core meanings of individuals, families, communities.
8. Evokes the presence of Mystery, the Unknown (has a “sacred” tinge).
9. Reflective and formative of basic structures (dualities: light/dark, good/bad, being/nothingness, raw/cooked, etc.) that we must reconcile. Dualities often mediated by characters in myths.
10. Common theme: language helps order the world (cosmos); thus includes many lists, names, etc.
11. Metaphoric, narrative consideration/explanation of “ontology” (study of being). Myths seek to answer, “Why are we here?” “Who are we?” “What is our purpose?” etc. – life’s fundamental questions
.<span>12. Sometimes: the narrative aspect of a significant ritual (core narrative of most important religious practices of society; fundamentally connected to belief system; sometimes the source of rituals)</span>
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a sense of oppression and domination.
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They are true and unbiased.
Explanation:
Accurate facts are unbiased. They do not "pick sides" when it comes to a topic. Facts also must be true. It can't be telling false information or stretching the truth; stretching the truth is not being completely honest.
"Dogs are canines." is a fact.
"Dogs are the worst." is NOT a fact. It is an opinion.
The theme of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “We Both Live in the Same Village” is best summed up by the beauty of the natural world is not as great as his beloved’s beauty.
Answer: he was scared to get arrested
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