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MIT OpenCourseWare
Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism
Art: Classical Antiquities Tray, 19th century, 19th… · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. James Howe
- Term
- Spring 2004
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 53 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21A.212 Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism, Spring 2004, Prof. James Howe — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 26 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Lecture Notes
19 files
- Introduction Download
- Culture, Sign and Symbol Download
- Discuss Illness as Metaphor Download
- Metaphor and Other Tropes Download
- More Tropes Download
- Interpreting Metaphor Download
- Metaphorical Imperialism Download
- Animals Download
- The Human Body Download
- Classification and Cosmology Download
- Ritual Download
- Passage and Persuasion Download
- Ritual and Power Download
- Magic and Ritual Curing Download
- Narrative and Life Download
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Freudian Wolf Download
- Goldilocks Meets Oedipus Download
- Hyenas and Demon Brides Download
- Jaguars, Vampires, and Starlets Download
Assignments
- Student Sample (Courtesy of Shen Qu. Used with permission.) Download
- Student Sample (Courtesy of Orlando Jaquez (MIT student). Used with permission.) Download
- Student Sample 1 (Courtesy of Corinne Packard (student). Used with permission.) Download
- Student Sample 2 (Courtesy of Orlando Jaquez (MIT student). Used with permission.) Download
Other materials from this course
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- television.pdf Download
- homily.pdf Download
- a.pdf Download
- laworder.pdf Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Culture, Sign and Symbol
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Lecture 3: Discuss Illness as Metaphor
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Lecture 4: Metaphor and Other Tropes
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Lecture 5: More Tropes
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Lecture 6: Interpreting Metaphor
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Lecture 7: Metaphorical Imperialism
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Lecture 8: Animals
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Lecture 9: Animals and Classification
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Lecture 10: Roosters and Interpretation
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Lecture 11: The Human Body
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Lecture 12: More Bodies
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Lecture 13: Classification and Cosmology
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Lecture 14: Ritual
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Lecture 15: Passage and Persuasion
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Lecture 16: Ritual and Power
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Lecture 17: Magic and Ritual Curing
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Lecture 18: Narrative and Life
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Lecture 19: Narrative and Control
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Lecture 20: Folktale and Form
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Lecture 21: Little Red Riding Hood and the Freudian Wolf
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Lecture 22: Goldilocks Meets Oedipus
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Lecture 23: Hyenas and Demon Brides
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Lecture 24: Jaguars, Vampires, and Starlets
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Lecture 25: Movies on Myth
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Lecture 26: Wrap up
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. James Howe, 21A.212 Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism, Spring 2004.
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