I believe that rituals came about as a way to cellabrate and ensure the future. Someone would do something specific and then, by chance or otherwise, a good growing season would take place. The next year, the person would repeat what he did the previous year with the hope of a similar outcome. Myth began as an explanation of how the ritual came about (usually in a supernatural way). So, I guess that I believe that ritual came first. Any thoughts. I just read my question, and I didn't really express myself very well, but you should get the main idea of what I'm trying to say I guess.
2006-08-10 03:00:29 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Read James Cambell's works, or see if you can find Fraser's "The Golden Bough"...it is possible that totem, ancestor worship and other forms of "primitive" worship came first and then both the ritual and the mythos developed around them...
Or that they were concurrent developments that fused as social structures allowed...for instance, the development of agriculture, warfare, towns....etc etc etc all contributed to both ritual and rite...shamen....mythos
2006-08-10 03:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends. Sometimes Im sure the ritual came first, and myth from that, but then there are cases where myth was born out of trying to explain natural events, like floods, and ritual came from that out of respect. So i think it goes both ways.
2006-08-10 05:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you expressed your opinion very well. I agree with you to an extent, but what if a myth started and then people did rituals because of the myth? It could possibly go both ways.
2006-08-10 03:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the myth would start the ritual. But it could go either way.
2006-08-10 03:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by schoolandgolf 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ritual. Myths come from rituals that are lost or no longer practiced.
2006-08-10 08:05:15 · answer #5 · answered by skylark455st2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say...but I believe ritual came first and then mythology concerning the ritual was first spoken of, then written down later.
2006-08-10 03:48:10 · answer #6 · answered by neshama 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rituals came first and from rituals and everyday living came myths and floklore
2006-08-10 11:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myth then ritual to celebrate the myth.
2006-08-10 05:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you pretty much answered your question
to be able to explain the ritual, you will have to come up with a good imagination concerning myths. without the myths, you won't be able to perform your rituals. i'd say myths first.
2006-08-10 03:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by Paul 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rituals were first in my opinion.
2006-08-10 05:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by angel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋