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Divine Machineryin Mythology and Star Wars
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Polytheism and Anthropomorphism
The Greek gods are EXTRAORDINARY IMMORTALS. Their identity is not associated with moral goodness. They are like humans in every way except that they do not die.
Zeus (Juppiter)King of the GodsThe Sky-godGod of JusticeXenios (God of Strangers)God of Suppliants
Sexually PromiscuousFather of Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Athena, Perseus, and Heracles, among others.Also Bisexual: Ganymede
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The Divine Pantheon
Genealogy
Assemblies of the Gods
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Gods and Humans in Mythology
GODS: Extraordinary Immortals
HEROES: Extraordinary Mortals
HUMANS: Ordinary Mortals
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Why is C-3PO an Ewok god?
C-3PO: I do believe they think I am some kind of god.
Han Solo: Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this?
C-3PO: I beg your pardon General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper.
Han Solo: Proper? C-3PO: It's against my programming to
impersonate a deity.
Return of the Jedi (VI.24)
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“He’s quite clever, you know, for a human being.”3CPO’s opinion of Luke in “Empire Strikes Back”
V.6 (Closing the Doors)
3CPO’s statement about Luke juxtaposes humans with droids (machines) in a significant way which suggests important things about the Force and about Nature, especially when seen in conjunction with the Ewoks’ role in the fall of
the Empire in “Return of the Jedi.”
EWOKS HUMANS DROIDS
FORCE DARK SIDE
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EWOKS HUMANS DROIDS
simple complex
nature technology
FORCE DARK SIDE
Nature Technology
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How does Yoda’s comment on size fill out this picture?
“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size will you. My ally is the Force. It surrounds us. You must feel
the Force around you.”Empire Strikes Back (V,31)
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Divine Machinery in Star Wars
JEDI MASTER: Extraordinary Immortals
JEDI KNIGHT: Extraordinary Mortals
HUMANS: Ordinary Mortals
DROIDS: Extraordinary Submortals
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The Role of Gods in Myth
• Objects of Worship and Reverence
• Active Engagers in Human Life– Sexual Encounters– Divine Aid
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Divine Machinery in Homer
• Involvement in the Plot– (Gods take sides in the Trojan War)
• Divine Assistance or Impediment– Poseidon impedes Odysseus– Athena helps Odysseus and Telemachus
• Motivation (Athena and Telemachus)• Inspiration (Muse)
GREEKS
ATHENAHERAPOSEIDON
TROJANS
APHRODITEAPOLLOARES
NEUTRAL
ZEUS
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The Role of the Gods in Homer
The gods operate at several different levels: (1) as characters in the story (de-mythologized);
(2) as true religious forces;
(3) as symbols of a human's abilities or disabilities
Athena the goddess of wisdom protects Odysseus the cunning hero
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The Gods as Human Psychology
The presence and intervention of a god in the story on behalf of a human is an indication of the human's own innate talent. Homer's society ascribed extraordinary powers and skills as gifts of the gods because their understanding of human psychology was not so developed as to explain concepts like differing degrees of intelligence, creativity, etc.
Thus Poseidon, so long as he is present and hostile to Odysseus, is a symbol of Odysseus' own inability to get home. But once Poseidon becomes absent, Odysseus regains his skills. So, too, Athena's presence is a symbol of Odysseus' own ability to cope with threats and dangers.
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Athena and Achilles
Achilles' anger appeased by Athena Drawing by Flaxman (1888)
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Minerva Preventing Achilles from Killing Agamemnon, from 'The Iliad' by Homer, 1757 (fresco) Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770)
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God as MentorAthena and Telemachus
(See Odyssey I)
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Mentors in Star Wars
6.15 A Certain Point of View (Obi Wan Kenobi)
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Fate in Greek Mythology
Moirai (The Fates)Clotho (the Spinner), Lachesis (Measurer), Atropos (Cutter)
Achilles: “Doomed to a short life, you have so little time. / And not only short, now, but filled with heartbreak too, / more than all other men alive - doomed twice over" (Iliad 1 . 496-98).
Rosso FiorentinoItalian Mannerist Painter, ca.1495-1540 Pitti Palace, Florence
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Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles Into Water from the StyxAntonio Balestra Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1666-1740
17th - 18th century engraving-etching
Johann Balthasar Probst
For more images: http://www.philipresheph.com/demodokos/achilles/achil.htm
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Fate and Destiny in Star Wars
One’s Ordained Future
• V.7 Luke Must Meet Yoda
• VI.14. Luke Must Meet Vader
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Calchas
in Iliad, see esp Book I
The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia on a Pompeian wall fresco.The prophet Calchas is at right.
Prophets and Prophecies in Greek Mythology
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Odysseus (l.) meets the prophet Tiresias (r.) in the Underworld (Odyssey, XI)
The Blind Prophet Tiresias
Watch for him in the myth of Oedipus
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The Inevitable Truth of the Oracle
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
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Apollo Seated on his Prophetic Tripod
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Prophecies in Star WarsPredicting the Future
• Yoda (5.33 The Future You See)
Oracle (The Inevitable Truth)
The Chosen One: Anakin?• Is he not the chosen one? (I.28)• Train Him (I.45)• The Chosen One the Boy May Be (1.47)• You were the Chosen One (3.43)
or Luke? Danger of Offspring to Darth Vader
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Gods and Humor
Heemskerk, Martin Van, 1536
“Lay of Demodocus”Odyssey 8.266ff.
Aphrodite and Ares Caught in the Net of Adulteryby her husband Hephaestus
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L. Corinth, 1909
“Divine” Humor in Star Wars: 5.31 There is No Try
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“Divine” Humor in Star Wars?
5.31 There is No Try
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C-3PO: I do believe they think I am some kind of god.
Return of the Jedi (VI.24)
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Divine Machinery in Star Wars
Inspiration
Motivation (Mentor)
Human Psychology
Divine Assistance or Impediment
Involvement in the Plot
Humor