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Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30)

From: "Stoney Breyer" <stoneyb AT touchwoodcreative.com>
To: "Donald R. Vance, Ph.D." <donaldrvance AT mac.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30)
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:19:15 -0700

>>My understanding of the difference was "gods" vs "humans." That is, if
the story concerned humans and human events, it was legend; if it
concerned the gods or prehistorical events, then it was myth. This is
very close to Stoney's definition.

Yah. Actors/scene/time cohere. Though as Frye pointed out, it's not so much
definition as identification of points on a continuum.

Stoney Breyer

[b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Stoney Breyer, 05/14/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Barry, 05/14/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Donald R. Vance, Ph.D., 05/14/2010
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), George Athas, 05/16/2010
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), James Spinti, 05/17/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Stoney Breyer, 05/14/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Stoney Breyer, 05/14/2010
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), James Christian, 05/15/2010
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Kevin Riley, 05/15/2010
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), James Christian, 05/15/2010
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Kevin Riley, 05/15/2010
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), James Christian, 05/15/2010
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Myth and Legend (was Genesis 30:20-30), Barry, 05/15/2010