Distinguish the different Types of Myth ( 15 points) 1. Pure Myth 2. Saga Myth 3.

Folk Tale
Pure myth is both primitive science and primitive religion. It consists of stories that explain
natural phenomena such as the sun, stars, flowers, storms, volcanoes, and so on, or of stories
that show how men should behave toward gods.

What are the Great Epics of the World?

1. Mahabharata by Vyasa (Sanskrit)
2. The Iliad by Homer (Greek)
3. The Odyssey by Homer (Greek)
4. Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (Italian epic)
5. Ramayana by Valmiki (Sanskrit)
6. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Italian epic)
7. Beowulf Anonymous (Old English)
8. Paradise Lost by John Milton (English)
9. Shahname by Firdousi (Persian)
10. Aeneid by Virgil (Latin)
Tell something about Hesiod's Works and days and Theogony.
There are two main works by Hesoid, Theonogy and Works and Days. The first is Theonogy,
which tells about the existence of the gods or the birth of the gods and the emergence of the
cosmos of the universe and how it progressed from a state of initial chaos to order. His other
main work is Works and Days, which is something like a mythical human or human history,
but still a rather didactic poetry, meant to tell us about the right ways of living, the way we can
live life.
His works are all about order. He is very focused on fostering and keeping order against
chaos. He talks about how order came out of the initial chaos, and it is by the influence of the
gods that order is created. Its ultimate aim is to render comprehensible text out of a vast
complex system of different tales and beliefs.
There is an understanding of life in Theonogy, how the universe came into being. It separates
universal forces into masculine and feminine powers. And one of the ways in which order is
formed is to subjugate the feminine to the masculine force that he speaks of through the gods.
In Works and Days, it is intended to teach values and habits aimed at the common man, the
farmer, the worker, the everyday person. It is much more about earthly affairs than it is about
divine affairs. It is a combination of moral and ethical advice as well as practical advice.