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acteon: 17 year old Greek boy,
hunter, sees goddess Diana bathing naked in the woods. she catches him looking, flicks water at him, he sprouts horn,
turns into a stag, and is chased down and killed by his own dogs. moral isn't "Don't Look" bur rather to not look with
the wrong kind of eyes at the female divine. *if you look in an uglifying way, what you see will appear to you ugly, ie
looking when you shouldn't- medusa, orpheus, acteon??
sparagmos: the tearing of live flesh Group 1 summary: Hawaii, Pelee goddess, ugly to beautiful, volcano erupts-destruction-creation, prince-suicide-resurrection-dead again;
Pelee negative elementary Group 2 summary: Sioux; White Buffalo Calf Woman, the giving mother, gave to them the pipe ceremony,
the buffalo, tobacco Goup 3 summary: Iraq; Inana and Dumuzi; she doesn't want to marry shepard but rather the farmer, but
eventually does marry shepard; all about agriculture; 1st love story Group 4 summary:
A Taste Of Earth
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ejournal for professor Sexson's mythology class at montana state univeresity
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