BATANGAS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES, INC.

Banaybanay Concepcion, Lipa City, Batangas

COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
Second Semester, AY 2019-2020

SUBJECT TITLE AND CODE – Mythology and Folklore (SC13-Myth&Folk)

NUMBER
TOPIC/CONTENT of LEARNING ACTIVITIES REQUIRED OUTPUT
HOURS

✓ Characteristics of Myths
✓ Types of Myths
✓ Four Functions of Myths
✓ Ways of Interpreting
Myths
➢ Theories Related to
the Study of
Mythology
6 Read module 1 handout. In the process, you should be able 2-minute statement of personal
to: concepts and perceptions on the
3 types of myth or on the
✓ compare mythology and folklore, folklore and folktale functions of myth
✓ categorize a story type based on the theme and * You will be graded on the
character quality of your insights as well as
✓ formulate personal concepts and perceptions on the how effective your statement is
three types of myth and on the functions of myth in generating further critical
✓ identify the dominant mythological function and theory thought. Express yourself
utilized in a story through a story analysis mindful of the time allotment so
that everyone can actively
Key Module Takeaways: participate in this process.

✓ Refer to the following links for a more detailed Choose two from the following
discussion of the topic/content. types of myth and give one
example for each. Present an
➢ https://fractalenlightenment.com/36315/life/joseph analysis of the example using
-campbells-four-basic-functions-of-mythology the story analysis template.
➢ https://www.britannica.com/topic/myth/Approache
s-to-the-study-of-myth-and-mythology ..myth of origin
➢ https://www.ancient.eu/mythology/ ..myth of eschatology and
➢ http://wmjones.weebly.com/uploads/4/2/7/9/4279 destruction
0445/characteristics_of_a_myth___notes_go.pdf ..messianic and millenarian
➢ https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Theory_M myth
yth.pdf

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 ..myth of culture heroes and
Key Concepts to Remember: soteriological myth
..myth of time and eternity
✓ folklore ..myth of providence and
✓ folktale destiny
✓ mythology ..myth of rebirth and renewal
..myth of memory and forgetting
✓ Major Types of Myth
..myth of high beings and
- etiological myth
celestial gods
- historical myth
..myth concerning founders of
- psychological myth
religions and other religious
✓ Functions of Myth figures
- mystical ..myth of kings and ascetics
- cosmological ..myth of transformation
- sociological
- pedagogical REFERENCE LINK:
https://www.britannica.com/top
✓ Ancient Theories
ic/myth/Approaches-to-the-
- rationalism
study-of-myth-and-mythology
- etymological
- allegorical
- euhemerism
✓ Modern Theories
- naturalism
- ritualism
- diffusionism
- evolutionism
- Freudianism
- Jungian archetypes
- structuralism
- historical-critical

Prepared by: Checked by: Noted by:

ROWENA P. SALAZAR, MAEd JOHN ANTHONCY C. LAJARA, MAEd RENIE M. DE CASTRO, PhD
Instructor College Coordinator Dean

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