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Crash Course World Mythology #12: Theories of Myths
This video focuses on the theories of myths relying on the study of mythology. Euhemerism is interpreting myths as primitive explanations of the natural world or as time-destorted accounts of long-past events. Early Christians believed...
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Crash Course World Mythology #25: The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth
This video focuses on the Monomyth of the Hero's Journey. We're talking about the Hero's Journey and the Monomyth, as described by Joseph Campbell. Campbell's theories about the shared qualities of human story telling are pretty cool....
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Crash Course World Mythology #21: Hermes and Lok and Tricksters
This video continues to focus on Tricksters in world mythology. In this episode, we're talking about tricksters as culture heroes. Basically, a culture hero is someone whose creativity adds to their mythological culture. We'll learn how...