RELIGION AND MYTH Discussion Topic

Just 2 to 3 paragraph is fine 

Step 1: What is the difference between myth and mythology, religion and the academic study of religion? What does myth have to do with religion?  

Step 2: Pick one of the five major world religions . Choose a religion other than your own.  Find a myth from that religion that you can directly connect to something in the religion’s material dimension: rituals, rites, practices, devotional art, etc. 

Provide a link to a version of the myth and give a very short (3-5 sentences) description of the myth.

Provide an uploaded image or link to the element of the material dimension that links to the myth and give us a paragraph that analyzes how the two are connected. For example: Is this an object that is part of a ritual? Is it used by believers to accomplish something? Does it teach believers something? Does it help a community express their beliefs? Is it something (like a work of visual art) that critiques the values/beliefs/practices etc. expressed by the myth, or offers a new perspective on the religion?

Offer your personal reaction to what you have found and discuss why you think it is particularly interesting.