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Euhemerus’ Theory

Explore the various theories on the origins and significance of myths, including Euhemerus' historical facts, Muller's representation of nature divinities, Tylor's explanation of unexplainable occurrences in dreams, Malinowski's emphasis on psychological conditions, Frazer's cycle of nature, Durkheim's understanding of society, Dumezil's study of Indo-European myth and caste system, and Jung's psychoanalytic perspective. Discover how myths reflect attitudes and behaviors of individuals and society as a whole.

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Euhemerus’ Theory

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  1. Euhemerus’ Theory Historical Facts

  2. Muller’s Theory • Represents Nature Divinities • Heroes are symbolic for the sun in one of its phases.

  3. Tylor’s Theory • Man’s effort to account for the unexplainable occurrences in dreams. • animals had souls

  4. Malinowski’s Theory • Disagreed with Tylor • Emphasized the psychological conditions that lead man to create myths.

  5. Frazer’s Theory • Cycle of Nature • Birth • Growth • Decay • Death • Rebirth

  6. Myth and Society • Mitra & VarunaIndra

  7. Emile Durkheim 1800’sSociologist • Myth plays a role in understanding society as a whole. • Believed that every society establishes certain social institutions and values, which are reflected in the society's religion. • Collective Representations of Values

  8. Georges Dumezil, Modern French scholar • Influenced by Durkheim • Studied Indo-European Myth • Indo-European Divinities collective representations of the caste (class) system • Mitra/Varuna represent Brahman or priest caste; the highest caste in Hindu society.

  9. Myth and the IndividualCarl Jung psychoanalyst 1900’s • Myths reflect attitudes and behavior of individuals (controversial). • Collective unconscious formed by personal experiences in the world as filtered through the senses. • Inherited and shared by all members of his race. (Depression)

  10. Carl Jung Archetypes include Myth, Fairy/Folk Tales, Art • Home of the gods, underworlds • Heroes: battle between generations for control of a throne • Themes: love, revenge, greed, family

  11. Diversity of Theories • Anthropological – origins, customs • Allegorical – symbolic narrative • Philological – literary texts, written records • Solaristic – Operating Environment • Rationalistic Reason Philosophy /Theology. • Psychoanalytical - theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious

  12. CARL GUSTAV JUNG1875 - 1961 • No science will ever replace myth, and a myth cannot be made out of any science. For it is not that “God” is a myth, but that myth is the revelation of a divine life in man. It is not we who invent myth, rather it speaks to us as a word of God.

  13. CARL GUSTAV JUNG1875 - 1961 • Myths go back to the primitive storyteller and his dreams, to men moved by the stirring of their fantasies. These people were not very different from those whom later generations called poets or philosophers.

  14. Diversity of Theories - Influences Geography – Desert or Ice Climate – Cold or Arid Government – Female vs. Male creator Societal Aspects

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