Sophie's World- Chapter 3: The Myths

Here is the link to the video....check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIH0aZXAZaA

Term Words:

žFaculty: special ability
žMyths: is a story about the
gods which sets out to explain why life is as it is.
žMythological: imaginary; fictitious
žNorse: Ancient Norwegians
ž“Forces of Chaos”: evil monsters.
Demons

Chapter 3 Notes:

In order to understand how the early philosophy thought, we
have to understand what it was like to have a mythological picture of the
world.
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Nordic myths as example: Thor and his hammer.
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Before Christianity came to Norway, people believed Thor rode
across in chariot drawn by two goats.

žWhen he swung his hammer it made thunder and lightning.
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This mythological explanation for how the balance of nature was
a constant struggle between good and evil.
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Giants vs. gods they wanted freyia and the gods wanted the hammer.

žSophie: And they made up all those myths because perhaps they
couldn’t live without such explanations.