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Weigle. World Literature Mr. Brennan. Friday, September 20, 2013 . Do-Now. Female Portrayals. Reflecting on the creation stories discussed in class, how have female gods and humans portrayed? What role do they play within the divine hierarchy? To what extent do they wield power ?

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  1. Weigle World Literature Mr. Brennan

  2. Friday, September 20, 2013 Do-Now Female Portrayals Reflecting on the creation stories discussed in class, how have female gods and humans portrayed? What role do they play within the divine hierarchy? To what extent do they wield power? How are female humans perceived by their male counterparts? Have these perceptions changed since these stories were created so many years ago?

  3. AGENDA SWBAT explain how myth portrays female figures and the impact these portrayals have on how female figures are perceived in society. Learning Objective • Mini-Lecture: Marta Weigle • Class Reading: Women and Mythology (1982) Finish Reading Women and Mythology (1982) Homework Reminders

  4. Marta Weigle • Marta Weigle (present) has served as an anthropology professor at the University of New Mexico since 1972. • She has provided feminist reflections on the mythologies of various cultures in her text, “Spiders & Spinsters: Women and Mythology”

  5. Rorschach Test Rorschach Test is a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded analyzed to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. “Myths can be viewed as cultural ‘Rorschach tests’”

  6. Myth via Feminist Theory The Great Mother goddess once was supreme, either with or without a male consort. As warlike nomadic herdsmen began to dominate, they imposed their mythologies on preexisting legends. Thus, goddesses of the earth or sea became villains, while male deities of the sky and storm came to the fore as heroes. • EnumaElish: Tiamat • Theogony: Gaia; woman • Genesis: Eve; woman • Nihongi: Izanagi & Izanami • Völuspá: Frigg & Freyr

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