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Atrahasis: Babylonian Creation Myth Analysis by Dana Pirrotta is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document provides an analysis of the Babylonian creation myth Atrahasis through the lens of structuralism. It summarizes the key events in the myth, including the creation of humans to perform manual labor, the anger of the gods at human noise leading to floods and plagues, and Atrahasis surviving the great flood by building an ark. It then discusses structuralist theorists like Claude Levi-Strauss, who argued that meaning is found in the relationships within myths rather than their individual parts. A
- Author
- Dana Pirrotta
- Language
- EN