Welcome to V26SP World Mythology (ENG-1350-VO02)

Semester: CCV Spring 2026

Course Code / Section / Name: V26SP ENG-1350-VO02

Instructor Name: Ananda Forest

Instructor Email: exf04100@ccv.vsc.edu

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I invite you to join me on an extraordinary adventure! My name is Ananda Forest, and I am looking forward to being your guide on this adventure. When I first learned how to read, I fell in love with myths and folktales. Grimms' Tales were my constant companions and I soon discovered the wonders of Greek and Norse mythology. I felt Perseus's terror when he confronted the Gorgons. The Beast in Beauty and the Beast made me tremble. These stories were real for me!

As the years went by, my courage increased, as did my fascination. My interests expanded into mythologies and religions of the world and I did my undergraduate honors thesis on Irish folklore, travelling to Ireland to collect traditional tales from actual seanachies, the Irish word for "bearers of old lore. Through reading psychologist, Carl Jung, and scholar, Joseph Campbell, I learned how these stories can provide maps for our own lives as they track the expansion and growth of human consciousness.

Historical details about ancient peoples can be found in the world's myths. Think of an oral or literary equivalent of physical archaeology! And we also discover insights into what makes us human. Join me as we travel across time and around the world to explore the secrets and mysteries which can only be uncovered through myth!

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