Dreaming animals with human faces

Dharmaputra, Geofano

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Dreaming animals with human faces

Date

1990

Authors

Dharmaputra, Geofano

Abstract

A myth is a narrative. It is a structured, predominantly culture-specific and shared semantic system which is well known among the members of a particular community or society. Such narratives explain the origins of natural and social phenomena and the interrelationship among people, their deities, the universe, and their surrounding environment, thus enabling the members to understand each othen- and to cope with the unknown (Georges 1968:230; Maranda 1972:12-13).