Eliade: :
Eliade: (A myth) narrates a sacred history; that is, a transhuman revelation which took place at the dawn of the Great Time, in the holy time of the beginnings (in illo tempore). Being real and sacred, the myth becomes exemplary, and consequently repeatable, for it serves as a model, and by the same token as a justification, for all human actions.
Eliade (cont). :
Eliade (cont). “In other words, a myth is a true history or what came to pass at the beginning of time, and one which provides the pattern for human behavior
Creation Stories / Myths :
Creation Stories / Myths Origins
Cosmogony
Phenomenolology
Gender Roles
Social Mores (taboos)
Social Ritual
Cultural Hero Stories
Aspects of above
Historical Narratives
Migration
Trickster Stories
Marginalization, taboo, boundaries, special social roles
Two Varieties of Native American Creation Stories: :
Two Varieties of Native American Creation Stories: Emergence Story
Earth Diver Story
Zuni Story :
Zuni Story Power of Four
Cosmogony (environment / land)
Repetition
Phenomenology
Ritual Practice
Migration
Social Mores