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  • 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





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