# Comparative

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Category: Mythology
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:56.424Z
Tags: mythology, world, comparative

## Summary

Comparative mythology is the study of structural and thematic parallels across human mythological traditions. It claims that certain narratives, character types, and cosmological structures recur cross-culturally — and offers explanations for why. Key sections include: World Myth.; Opening What comparative mythology does.; Chapter I Müller and the philological school.; Chapter II The Golden Bough.; Chapter III Animism and survivals.; Chapter IV Indo-European tripartition.; Chapter V Hierophany and sacred time.; Chapter VI Structural mythology.; Chapter VII The monomyth.; Chapter VIII The monomyth's limits..

## Slide Outline

1. World Myth.
2. Opening What comparative mythology does.
3. Chapter I Müller and the philological school.
4. Chapter II The Golden Bough.
5. Chapter III Animism and survivals.
6. Chapter IV Indo-European tripartition.
7. Chapter V Hierophany and sacred time.
8. Chapter VI Structural mythology.
9. Chapter VII The monomyth.
10. Chapter VIII The monomyth's limits.
11. Chapter IX Archetypes.
12. Chapter X The cross-cultural pattern.
13. Chapter XI Common patterns.
14. Chapter XII The cross-cultural figure.
15. Chapter XIII The journey.
16. Chapter XIV Triangulating evidence.
17. Chapter XV Why myths feel familiar.
18. Chapter XVI The contested past.
19. Chapter XVII The strongest case.
20. Chapter XVIII Other language families.
21. Chapter XIX Sky in myth.
22. Chapter XX The category question.
23. Chapter XXI What comparative mythology cannot do.
24. Chapter XXII The continuing source.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
28. Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
29. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
30. The end of the deck.

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