THE MITH OF SIBLING RIVALRY: Understanding Of Duality And Human Relationships Through Mythology
by Brittany Forrester
2020-05-27 04:39:26
THE MITH OF SIBLING RIVALRY: Understanding Of Duality And Human Relationships Through Mythology
by Brittany Forrester
2020-05-27 04:39:26
As long as there is more than one kid in the house, sibling rivalry is inevitable.Siblings generally spend more time together during childhood than they do with parents. The sibling bond is often complicated and is influenced by factors such as paren...
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As long as there is more than one kid in the house, sibling rivalry is inevitable.Siblings generally spend more time together during childhood than they do with parents. The sibling bond is often complicated and is influenced by factors such as parental treatment, birth order, personality, and people and experiences outside the familyThe study of comparative mythology reviews the beliefs of numerous world cultures in the search of similarities between structure and themes that tie humanity together. Protomyths, referring to an original concept which predates written mythology but can be viewed throughout the cultures of the world, are numerous, including the flood myth narrative and imagery of mother earth and father sky.However, the protomyth of siblings has never been examined fully. Sibling relationships are dynamic and bind humans to one another. The myth of sibling rivalries stretches back to the first siblings in the Christian belief, Cain and Abel, but the same myth structure can also be viewed throughout Egyptian and Roman beliefs as well. Similarities between figures who represent two sides of the natural world or two sides of the human condition present evidence of humanity's collective understanding of duality and its representation through human sibling relationships. Sibling deities represent the difference between night and day, earth and sky, and life and death. By examining the sibling relationships of mythical beings across a wide range of world cultures, a common protomyth of sibling relationships can be established, demonstrating a human understanding and connectivity between one another which crosses eons and cultural divides.
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