Weekly Discussions

Identify one specific Norse myth from the learning resources and explain the vision of the future in it, using the learning resources.
Identify the elements in the myth that relate to both hope and fear. What is there to hope for in the future? What it there to fear?
Discuss the role of myth in our understanding of the future and provide an example of the stories we have in film, books and television shows about the future that express our culture’s hopes and fears.
Cite your sources using MLA format in a Works Cited list at the end of your post.
In your replies to your classmates, further develop their posts by offering additional commentary on their assessments of hope and fear in Norse mythology and/or their discussions on the role of myth in understanding the future.