PINES CITY COLLEGES

GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

First Semester, A.Y. 2022 - 2023

Course Number: VALUES 101

Course Title: RELIGION, RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALITY

Modular Learning Guide # 7

Topic: Myths, Models, And Metaphors

Expected Time of Completion: 6 hours (November 21 – December 2, 2022)

A. Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the myths, models, and metaphors of various world religions

B. Learning Content

In this module, I present to you these specific examples on the given topics.

1. Yourself and Family (Role model)

Role models are people who influence others by serving as examples. They are often

admired by the people who emulate them. Through their perceived personal qualities,

behaviors, or achievements, they can inspire others to strive and develop without

providing any direct instruction.

Social scientists have shown that much of learning that occurs during childhood is

acquired through observation and imitation.

For most children, the most important role models are their parents and caregivers,

who have a regular presence in their lives.

As a parent, it is impossible to not model. Your children will see your example – positive

or negative – as a pattern for the way life is to be lived.

2. Animals (Myth of transformation)

Myths of Transformation A princess kisses an enchanted frog and he

becomes a handsome prince with whom, the fairy tale tells us, she will live “happily

ever after.” Such transformations, in which people turn into animals or animals turn

into people, take place in myths and legends from around the world.

Transformation myths are about crossing the boundaries that set humans apart

from the rest of the world.

3. Celebrations (Myth)

New Year’s Day, for example, is ultimately based on ancient creation myths—

what we celebrate is the re-creation. Easter is based on the mythical motif of

death and rebirth, as also reflected in the transition from winter to spring, an event

that has spawned its own myths. Christmas celebrates the mythical figure of the

divine child, and also the return of the sun beginning at the winter solstice, hence

Christ being in part a solar hero who is forever reborn.

4. Clothes (Metaphor)

Adam and Eve were the first sinners to stand before God and be called into

account. In this passage are four elements that apply to what Abel believed. The

first element is that, in order for a sinner to stand before God, nakedness must be