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After reading the Geomythology articles in the Module, select three unique stories from the readings thus far or other myths you have read on your own (in the book or elsewhere) and explain how at least three events (1 per story minimum) might be explained by geologic events. This is not the same as an etiological insight provided by a myth.
Explain how events in at least three stories might be explained by geologic phenomena, like the Hawaiian goddess Pele is volcanoes personified. The Hebrew Great Flood story might be observations/evidence of glacial melting. (Please don't use these specific examples.)
Note: be sure you point to specific stories/cultures and carefully explain your answer. cite your text (T&D page). If you consult an external source(s), give the author credit by citing the source. Needs to be 400 words.
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Geomythology
Geomythology is the study of causation oral traditions given by pre-scientific cultures to
explain, in poetic metaphor and mythological imagery, geological phenomena such as volcanoes,
earthquakes, floods, fossils, and other natural features of the landscape (Mayor 1-8).
Over the years, oral tradition has increasingly become a vital source of information in
recreating the events that led up to historical landscape formation.
Atlantis is told as the legend of a great city whose civilization was the result of
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