The archetypal mythos that needs to be explored within these 3 narratives is: the journey into the land of the dead (underworld). Please use different cultures for each myth.
-Summarize each myth/story in 35 sentences
-Explain why you think each myth is interesting
-Identify the universal theme of each myth (What universal qualities of the human experience does the story reflect?)
-Identify the pedagogical/psychological theme of each myth (What is the lesson that is supposed to be taught in this story? What does it tell us about human psychology?):
-Identify the Cultural theme of each myth (What aspects of the story reflect the specific culture that produced the story?)
-Discuss how the three mythic narratives relate to each other such as what deep structure and purpose do they share? What is the pedagogical purpose (lesson), or the meaning, that they all share with one another?
– Find at least three other scholars, mythologists, anthropologists, artists, psychologists, or other commentators who have written about your mythic narratives. Give their credentials and summarize their discussion. Be prepared to cite them using MLA style.
Again, all three myths used need to share the same archetypal mythos of the underworld / journey into the land of the dead.
