Leeming argues that “all pantheons are ontological and teleological” (my emphasis). He continues that “they are metaphors for the human attempt to make sense of existence itself [ontologically] and to assign an ultimate cause to that existence [teleologically].” Further, he suggests that “to ‘read’ a pantheon is to read a culture’s sense of itself [ontology] and of the nature of the cosmos [teleology]” (p. 89).
This week, you’ve been asked to read a collection of global pantheons from David Leeming.
Take two of the pantheons you read in the Leeming excerpt and try to read them in the way he suggests. Write and explain how you understand those two pantheons as both ontological and teleological. Don’t try to be “right,” but be thoughtful and specific.
MLA Format 250-300 words
