re greek myth and the bible in pegasus fp dialin uoregon edu pegasus aaa uoregon edu laurie ewbrandt wrote irrelevant inserts from previous postings deleted a definiation from a text book used as part of an introductory course in social anthorpology the term myth designates traditionally based dramatic narratives on themes that emphasize the nature of humankind s relationship to nature and to the supernatural legends are ususally defined as tales concerning other times and places that do not give the same extensive emphasis to supernatural themes legends more often than myths are retold purely as entertainment from peter b hammand s an introduction to cutural and social anthropology second ed macmillion page this makes the bible a fibber magee s closet over stuffed with a little bit of every thing gleened by a wandering people pegasus now doesn t this sound a lot like the colorful or otherwise story from antiquity that somehow tries to or does explain natural pheno mena i think i hear what you re saying but i m not convinced that i know what you mean the possibility exists that what looks like myth on the surface may be after all much more than just a story ed mahood jr edmahood infoserv com
