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Parallel Myths

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

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Essay Topics

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How did early, traditional cultures use myth in a socially beneficial way? What are some of the downsides—evident in contemporary society—of abandoning myth for science?

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Although they need not be mutually exclusive, science and myth examine the world in different ways. What are some of the differences in approach and language between the two as well as the difference in the kinds of questions they each address?

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Explain Jung’s theory of the “collective unconscious,” specifically in the way it applies to myth.

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