By: Andrew Sakach
Book Topic: 4
In Eliade's Images and Symbols the second section of the Function of Myth's the concept of time and place is presented as being cyclical as opposed to linear. Eliade explains that 'Indian' myths are mythological first before they are Indian. This is saying that all myths perform the same function in their communities by providing a story in which people live.
How stories function in a society is what I wrote my paper on in Primal Religions. Eliade goes in depth about how myths function in society and explains their importance as a tool of social engineering, though not quite stated as such in sociological terms it may be labeled like that however.
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